So it has been 2 months and no product. What's the hold-up? EOS will be launching very soon. Not much time left. There are already functioning platforms that work very much like steemit does. [ONO](https://www.ono.chat/) which will launch soon after EOS is launched, for one.

Gave some advice.  If business is in fact more important than preserving a friendship, or at least mutual respect, then I have no reply to your reply. But, since I always like to have the last word, I am replying. I am old and it is one of my quirks.

Too many read into the noise of all of this, and very few see the signal (the true message). Your a strange mix of both randomness and conventional sapience. This is the true @ned that v.few get to see ... until now! Keep it up! ... "Full Steem ahead!!" :-)

Your self aggrandizing upvote had the opposite effect Ned.  I can see there's no use seeking an apology nor would it do much good at this point.  If you really wanted the community to stand with you and compete then you should have stood with them when they requested that you reverse the mistake of the last hardfork.

People have no faith in a platform where the 40-51% stakeholder is the only one we can really depend on to develop the blockchain as they have the greatest incentive to move us in the right direction but stubbornly turn their backs on us when somebody says this direction was recommended by "Dan Larimer".  Just say the name and you're suddenly unapproachable.

I had hoped the reaction from the community would teach you something but you're still trying to beat down the competitor or any comments in their favour instead of listening to the community and moving this ship in the direction for growth.

I trust that you and the team have been working hard.  That I'm sure of.  Don't let bitterness get in the way.  It's you that's drinking the poison to defeat your enemy.  You're drinking it.