I'd upvote you, but I'm getting error messages... proving your point.

It looks like the cards are stacked against us, but *40* different ways to access STEEM? Oy vay!!

Agree, wee need more sites to run over steem blockchain... But what we need the most is a _SOFTWARE_ to make transactions, that way we dont depend on any site to get our steem or SBD in or out of our accounts... Im thinking something similar to software wallets...

A peer to peer backup platform would be great

Well we're going to have https://vice.org in the future. :)

We definitely need some alternatives and then users need to know about them. If the main site is struggling then there should be a static page to direct people to other places they can use Steemit. Twitter had the Fail Whale, we need the Steemit Slug or something.

cant upvote at present. This is BS I just posted and we lose the votes because of this errors

>Upvote and then reply.

Lately, easier said than done. 😂

Steemit is running slow today. Whats going on?

I agree completely. 

Personally I am very bullish on the SMT idea and think it makes STEEM into a $100 coin.

However, we need the foundation in place.  The attacks of late show we are on someone's radar.  I agree, we need to triple the number of ways to access this blockchain immediately.  There simply is too much at stake.

I certainly hope the developers are getting the nodes in order from the attacks and putting the system together.  The wider in scope this becomes, the harder it is to take down.

What about some things registered under the .io?

Isnt that the safest?

I don't think we need 10s of sites to access this platform, that will just add cognitive dissonance for new users, which would result in not joining at all. We do, however, need one very robust and fast website that can handle the volume and security well. Bigger investments from steemit into this area would go a long way.

I can't upvote you at the moment, it fails every time I try it. I'll try it again tomorrow because I totally agree with what you wrote!!

I think many of us are tired of bouncing around social platforms and found Steemit to feel most like home - until we became a minnows in a teacup. I personally don't like busy.org and I'm not really interested in signing in through 3rd party sources (which are just as vulnerable). 

There has been so many users attacked and phished lately that it has caused uncertainty - that isn't good. When doubt begins to shroud the platform, we're in trouble. I agree, now is the time (if ever) to be resilient and to build a stronger platform. 

My issues with the platform are not so much technical but rather with the 'inner-circle' dilemma and how discouraging it is to new users. 

The fact that certain users get autovoted for shit-content is killing this platform in tandem with those abusing it completely. Sure, autovotes are great but not when it promotes empty content. When I came here a few months ago I saw "quality matters', but it truly doesn't. Social circles are the only matter. 

Pimp yourself to the inner circle and you might have a fighting chance. Otherwise, set your expectations to zero and post away - you might get lucky. 

It doesn't help that we have serious abuse going on, plagiarism gets rewarded, attacks on the platform and power users dumping steem into the market while promoting to get new people on board. It's a sick, sad little world here lately. Greed is strangling this platform, but that is just my 2¢ for what it's worth. A conversation worth having, so I resteemed to get some more thoughts here.

Thanks for your work as well! Followed @intelliguy   I'm starting to read it now. I wish you continued success. I will continue to follow you. Take care of yourself, my dear friend.

Completely agree with you. Until we can rely on the foundations, there is no sense in adding new features. It is good that third parties start working on new "windows" to the blockchain. The more people start contributing to the growth of the whole service, the better for everyone.

Steem is in its infancy, we are still in beta, new projects come up every day. It is going to be revolutionary

uped,resteemed. we need a stronger ship . period.

I keep trying to upvote you, but it buffers and buffers and buffers... 😖
~bluerocktalk🖖

I keep trying to upvote you, but it buffers and buffers and buffers... 😖
~bluerocktalk🖖

This is some good forethinking.

Agreed! Also, most people only know about one option.....

I totally agree with you. Let's see if I can upvote you...

Thank you. I just visited @lukestokes post on this. And there the topic also was discussed in depth and length. I like your explanation on that a lot: 

"We don't need 4 main ways to talk to STEEM. We need a minimum of 40, maybe even 400" 

because people refuse or got annoyed with other gateways. I myself haven't used the alternative options because it worked, though it worked as a stubborn donkey:)

I hear people saying they want to quit and what else. From my point of view frustration is a bad counselor. I am here little over a months but it has a lot potential for me. I do think of it as a long term investment. For me it is not money but energy and time. I put A LOT of effort in my postings and had roller coasters of emotion. 

But I do not understand the impatience so much. Of course it is annoying - I felt the same as everybody else. But then I leave and come back later or just discipline myself or think: Well, that is a good exercise not letting yourself being influenced by the negative talk. 

I mean: What do I want here? 

As far as I did not have put fiat money in here and am a small fish, this is just fun. Of course, I'd think differently if there was a lot of money at stake, but it's not. 

For me it is clear when I join a platform like this - called "beta" - there is uncertainty and I am partaking in the game of risk. 

But meanwhile: What happens? I make experiences I wouldn't have made otherwise. I get to know very interesting people I wouldn't have got in touch with. For whatever this is good: I will see that in the future, doing some retrospective analysis. 

For those who are afraid to lose money, of course, this is painful. If I were in those shoes I would probably need some basic information to make my decision. Probably that is one of the painstakingly considerations one has to make. And the discomfort that no one seems to be around who will give certainty and an outlook that everything is going to be fine. 

Take the investment and leave or stay? That is a very personal question no body can answer other than I myself. 

I feel okay. I am patient or I decide to be:) 

Stay optimistic & get the things out of steemit you love and appreciate!

It is not suprise I don't know why is this happening with Steemit considering that there is almost no post about it on Steemit. Sorry for this question, but I don't know the reason...Are this problems with with Steemit last 10 days all attack on Steemit or Steemit has it own problems?

way to pump some fuel!   great post... lets get this fixed you geniuses you!!!

Thank you for the post, really is good to get information.

Another issue is witnesses.  An attacker only needs enough SP to vote in 20 top witnesses to take over Steem.

As long as that remains the case, I will be relatively confident that, sooner or later, it will happen.  It would take little more than lunch money for Zuckerburg et al.  

and @ned, and the rest of the mined stakes, would walk away rich.