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Greetings from Northern Germany,

This is in response to @theycallmedan's [post](https://peakd.com/hiveimpact/@theycallmedan/what-does-hive-mean-to-me-initiative) encouraging people to post about switching to hive and what it means to them. This is what it means to me. It has been an emotional experience for sure.

I hope this post finds you healthy and well. I have been very torn about the HIVE/Steemit debacle and shortly before I was pretty much making my exit from Steemit after the TRON take over.

I watched mostly from the sidelines the action of our witnesses and even though, I wasn’t sure what exactly was happening I had my reservations.

Once I saw what happened to @themarkymark and how he was censored for  post about hive and how all of his posts disappeared off the Steemit frontend, I knew it was time to put my support into the rebellion and support our witnesses.

Being somewhat incompetent, I cast my 30 witness votes but mistakenly voted for many TRON puppets. 

Thankfully, @solominer caught my error and I immediately corrected my votes. This error has me flagged by the bot for the airdrop but thanks to the reassurances of @carlgnash, @justineh, and @petertag I believe I will be forgiven and awarded after the next hardfork.

I was sad and angry when I realized I first missed out on the airdrop after all I had been an active steemit member for two years supporting communities, witnesses, and minows. I wanted to quit, walk away and never look back.

Now, I miss my friends, the communities, and the all around greatness of this place we all have helped build over the years. I feel that we will continue this great tradition here on HIVE.

I pledge my support to the new chain and I promise to be the dolphin I was on Steemit once the dust settles from the next hardfork. 

As soon as tribes have migrated, @stem.curate will be up and running again curating amazing STEM posts on our new home, HIVE.

I look forward to a bright, fun, and adventurous future with you all.

If you are new to my blog I post about Native European Traditions, American experience living in Germany, homesteading, as well as STEM related material. 


Best,
@balticbadger