I have met a few of the witnesses and they are decent guys (not many ladies that I know of). Most of them are not making a profit on running their servers, but they believed in what Steem could be.
Analogies to Linux or buses don't really work. Blockchains are a radical concept. Satoshi is a genius. There are lots of different implementations with various concepts. The Steem version was good in being quick, free and giving anyone the opportunity to earn. The use of 'ownership' would not have arisen if Steemit and Justin could not control so much Steem and use it to stage a coup, but it was a risk. Ideally you should rely on technical measures to keep it decentralised, but there has to be some trust in this case. The lack of that led to the current situation. People are the weak point.
The concept, argument, defence mechanism of the word "Blockchain" clearly doesn't hold any water. It's pretty obvious to most people that Steem generates cryptocurrency and the one with the most coins, in this instance, Steem Dollars, runs the show. If this is not true then I demand an explanation from a witness why people cannot be kicked off or denied access to the Blockchain or their accounts especially when the current situation demonstrates that in fact, it is possible.
P.S. I lied in my "I'm not voting post" I just voted for @partiko simply because I got more votes in the time I was a member of that than the whole time I was on Steemit. LOL
P.P.S. Is it possible for mere mortals to create Groups or Communities?
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Partiko seems to be a dead project, which is a shame. The lack of growth of Steem makes it hard for projects to get by.
Anyone can create a community for 3 Steem. I've made a couple.
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Hmm? Was thinking of creating a @Partiko community and seeing if the users wanted to join that seeing as the project appears to be abandoned.
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Who was kicked off what?
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Nobody, that's the problem.
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So, you want Steemit to become Facebook?
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Steemit is dead, haven't you heard? All the cool kids are on Steempeak now.
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Can you teach an old dog new tricks? Oh, wait, I'm not a dog lol. So, I gotta get up and move over. And I will.
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