Quote from: Pursuer on August 15, 2018, 09:16:48 AM

Quote from: SwayStar123 on August 14, 2018, 05:24:29 PM

Its also not like any other god damn website on the internet anyway, this is supposed to be based on the blockchain, not the google mail system

it is supposed to but it is not. in fact I would say steemit has nothing to do with the blockchain technology! I know it is a weird thing to say but here is the reason:
when you sign up, do you create a key pair and register yourself on the distributed ledger called STEEM blockchain? NO.
what you do is you sign up in the centralized database of the website called steemit.com and it is like any other website

when you make a post is your post stored in a decentralized way or on a blockchain? NO.
instead your post is stored in a centralized database like any other website such as reddit for example on a server somewhere.

the only part where the "blockchain" comes in is when payment is involved, which to be honest I find reddit's tipbot a lot better Cheesy

feel free to correct the two main points above, I am not a user of this platform I have only checked it out.

I wouldn't say Steemit has nothing to do with blockchain tech, but yeah, it's really just a lot of mixed centralized features, using blockchain to record transactions/interactions. Most Steemit people probably don't own their own private keys either, they're just using the site like a blog and earning tokens and what not on it. But to be fair, it is the first blockchain-based social platform and it is successful, so power to Steemians and all that.

Personally, I gave up on Steemit. Used to spend a bit of time writing actual content, and actually "curating" (I hate that word) properly but it's impossible to compete now with Steemit cartels upvoting Resteeming and curating all among themselves to inflate earnings. I would say to just stop wasting time unless you're a pretty face who can post selfies all day for free upvotes. THAT actually works.

Oh and OP come on, if you didn't want to wait 1 or 2 weeks, you could have just paid to get it instantly. Spend some Bitcoin, why don't you?