Is there a “professional” business plan on why people should vote your witness.

Is there a cost breakdown how you spent the money from your witness earning? 

I like to see that. Also historically over the last 6 years that I have supported your witness.

Many thanks.

PS. I have gone to banks and applied for loans in the past. I am aware how documents requirements are.

You are right, Pharesim.
But do you go far enough??

Eliminate Hivewatchers too! We didn't just APPEAR here one day.

We wanted to be FREE - ON PURPOSE! As a DELIBERATE request! As an actual OBJECTIVE!

Same with what you say above, of course."I will not condone the capitalist mantra of "privatize profits, socialize losses", ever." "Crypto started because banks that took too many risks were bailed out."

What you say is true and right, and I will not allow foolish insanity to usurp the actual objective of Hive, as if we were really that naive. As if we were REALLY that naive.

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> because it actually did despite my voting preference

It got approved ?

You have been amazingly astute in your assertions, observations and suggestions. I applaud your tenacity and resolve. That's relatively worthless coming from a has-been with nothing to offer but moral support, but I want to add my voice to the comments section to encourage you to continue being such a perceptive and passionate contributor to this ecosystem and chain. If enough small voices like mine support those in the position to speak truth to influencers then perhaps this place will eventually return to some of its now faded glory and potential. 

Effectively you may have changed nothing since their flimsy proposal passed, but efficiently you have cemented yourself as a rational representative of the system and its people and their collective best interests. 

I would encourage everyone to examine all such matters with the same level of logic and attention and care, and consider who you choose to govern this chain and be funded by it accordingly. 

Which means I am tacitly suggesting to all who are reading to also consider each witness vote you cast, whale sized or sardine small, as your voice, and your votes on proposals should also be considered with such depth. 

We are in this together, a single voice can be drowned, but much like storming area 51, they can't stop us all. Vote wisely my friends and seek examples like the one Pharesim has set in this latest controversy, to use as your guiding lights if you yourselves are uncertain as to how to navigate some of the issues crashing ashore here. 

Don't vote for pure personality, vote for substance. In all things, witnesses, proposals or curation decisions - as those are the fundamental drivers of the future of this platform for everyone. 

Maybe an awesome summer is distracting me but I missed the drama and will have to check it out a little closer. 

I believe we want all kinds of for profit companies finding a home on hive for their businesses and projects. The communities and members can become digital venture capitalists if they wish or decide not to. For sure the DHF should NOT be used to prop up failing ventures (like the banks were) but that didn’t appear to be what was proposed. 

You have never been anything but an accessible leader acting as a steward for hive with your own skill and strengths as far as I have ever seen and leaders all agreeing with each other mean some of them are redundant. Redundancy is good for risk mitigation but not so great for progress sometimes. So, strong people here are going to disagree sometimes and that is natural. 

Don’t let destructive trolls and frustrated have-nots muddy the waters of debate among constructive people or have that damage your vision for hive and passion to build.