<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 07:10:58 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@missioncontrol/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Do grammar schools select based on false principles?]]></title><description><![CDATA[It might be useful to look at the Wikipedia entry for grammar schools before reading this. The people who enter grammar schools are stardust to the education system. Their parents have the knowledge, time]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/inequality/@missioncontrol/do-grammar-schools-select-based-on-false-principles</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/inequality/@missioncontrol/do-grammar-schools-select-based-on-false-principles</guid><category><![CDATA[inequality]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[missioncontrol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2018 15:26:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[KindAds.]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a sponsored writing contest entry. When scrolling through webpages on the internet, you find that many pages are so cluttered with ads that the webpage in question consists more of ads than actual]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/originalworks/@missioncontrol/kindads</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/originalworks/@missioncontrol/kindads</guid><category><![CDATA[originalworks]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[missioncontrol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2018 19:58:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[@luckyvotes sort of went well...]]></title><description><![CDATA[I placed a bit with @luckyvotes, worth 0.135SBD.  It looks like I'm going to get 0.15SBD back, which (if I can do maths) is a 1.1 (recurring) profit. Not brilliant, but not awful - and I'll get some]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bid-bot/@missioncontrol/luckyvotes-sort-of-went-well</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bid-bot/@missioncontrol/luckyvotes-sort-of-went-well</guid><category><![CDATA[bid-bot]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[missioncontrol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2018 10:25:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let's test @thundercurator.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Disclaimer: This post is composed of my experience and opinions. I'm not providing you with any guarantee that you'll get the same results.  This is a review of @thundercurator.  Here's what]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bid-bots/@missioncontrol/let-s-test-thundercurator</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bid-bots/@missioncontrol/let-s-test-thundercurator</guid><category><![CDATA[bid-bots]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[missioncontrol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 17:19:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reducing the risk with bid-bots.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Disclaimer. I'm not some sort of con-merchant, and I don't promise that my methodology will work – but I do think that the logic behind it is sound. If there's something that doesn't follow, or I've missed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bid-bots/@missioncontrol/reducing-the-risk-with-bid-bots</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bid-bots/@missioncontrol/reducing-the-risk-with-bid-bots</guid><category><![CDATA[bid-bots]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[missioncontrol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 17:09:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Got scammed by onlyprofitbot. Will oceanwhale do better?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've been looking at how to make money from bid-bots. Some neat little tricks I've found are below: Send 0.001SBD to @drotto, @speedvoter (etc.). As you can't get paid less than 0.001 (the minimum payout),]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bots/@missioncontrol/got-scammed-by-onlyprofitbot-will-oceanwhale-do-better</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bots/@missioncontrol/got-scammed-by-onlyprofitbot-will-oceanwhale-do-better</guid><category><![CDATA[bots]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[missioncontrol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2018 18:16:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to run a harmonious and egalitarian society?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is it decentralized? Or completley centralized? Do we need world domination? Or are we better off as nations? Are foreigners good? Or do we want them gone? Are we better off isolated? Or perhaps together]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/debate/@missioncontrol/how-to-run-a-harmonious-and-egalitarian-society</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/debate/@missioncontrol/how-to-run-a-harmonious-and-egalitarian-society</guid><category><![CDATA[debate]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[missioncontrol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2018 16:35:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A critique of @freebornangel.]]></title><description><![CDATA[@freebornangel. You claim to be an anarchist, working under the motto of "stop paying, keep working." If people don't get paid for working, and instead can have everything they want – well who was critisising]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/freebornangel/@missioncontrol/a-critique-of-freebornangel</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/freebornangel/@missioncontrol/a-critique-of-freebornangel</guid><category><![CDATA[freebornangel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[missioncontrol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2018 08:44:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why this platform isn't taking off.]]></title><description><![CDATA[If we ignore all these posts advocating either for, or against, anarchism and remember that – regardless to what degree we try to pretend otherwise – we do live in a capitalist society, and that revolutions]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@missioncontrol/why-this-platform-isn-t-taking-off</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@missioncontrol/why-this-platform-isn-t-taking-off</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[missioncontrol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2018 13:02:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Looking for real content? Here's how to get it:]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi. @authorisation is now resteeming quality content – the official feed of the scribus guild. Anything I come across which comes into the category of (at least) digestable will be resteemed. If you'd]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/scribus-guild/@missioncontrol/looking-for-real-content-here-s-how-to-get-it</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/scribus-guild/@missioncontrol/looking-for-real-content-here-s-how-to-get-it</guid><category><![CDATA[scribus-guild]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[missioncontrol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2018 18:59:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why would you follow a resteem service?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Resteem services are just another form of pollution on this blockchain. They follow steemians, in the hope that they'll get followed back. Now this mutual following relationship is very onesided. The resteem]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/quality/@missioncontrol/why-would-you-follow-a-resteem-service</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/quality/@missioncontrol/why-would-you-follow-a-resteem-service</guid><category><![CDATA[quality]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[missioncontrol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2018 18:45:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Voice-assistants, as I see it.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Voice assistants are a win-win situation. Just like most successful sites, you get the software free – in exchange for all your data. They're great for you because, they allow you to buy a phone minus]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/smart-speakers/@missioncontrol/voice-assistants-as-i-see-it</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/smart-speakers/@missioncontrol/voice-assistants-as-i-see-it</guid><category><![CDATA[smart-speakers]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[missioncontrol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2018 08:31:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would use steem bounty, but.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Steem bounty seems like an OK idea. There's just a few issues:  The 20% community payout. That basically means someone like haejin can come along, post a nice little smiley face emoji on my post and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem-bounty/@missioncontrol/i-would-use-steem-bounty-but</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem-bounty/@missioncontrol/i-would-use-steem-bounty-but</guid><category><![CDATA[steem-bounty]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[missioncontrol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2018 19:54:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is money the wrong incentive on steemit? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Steemit rewards users with money. The idea is a "proof-of-brain" style network in which good content is rewarded and bad content is not. This hasn't really worked out, though, and if you look]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@missioncontrol/is-money-the-wrong-incentive-on-steemit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@missioncontrol/is-money-the-wrong-incentive-on-steemit</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[missioncontrol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2018 04:27:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stop following resteem services.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Resteem services follow you, in the hope that you'll follow them back. By following back, you essentially give them free money (and appear more desperate: if you don't follow them back, they'll still follow]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/improved/@missioncontrol/stop-following-resteem-services</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/improved/@missioncontrol/stop-following-resteem-services</guid><category><![CDATA[improved]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[missioncontrol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2018 07:03:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go for the smaller bots.]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I started on steemit I discovered that there are issues with bid-bots, and the profit they say you'll get. The thing is, that the profit (rshares) displayed on your post decreases with time – and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bidbots/@missioncontrol/go-for-the-smaller-bots</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bidbots/@missioncontrol/go-for-the-smaller-bots</guid><category><![CDATA[bidbots]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[missioncontrol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2018 16:04:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cleverbot.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi @cleverbot]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cleverbot/@missioncontrol/cleverbot</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cleverbot/@missioncontrol/cleverbot</guid><category><![CDATA[cleverbot]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[missioncontrol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2018 12:29:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wake up? Please.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it. We need to WAKE UP. We need to DO SOMETHING. We need to STOP BEING]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/wake-up/@missioncontrol/wake-up-please</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/wake-up/@missioncontrol/wake-up-please</guid><category><![CDATA[wake-up]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[missioncontrol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2018 18:46:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[DEBATING ON THE CONDENSER.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello. We're trying to get debating on the condenser to work. We have a setup:  -> Each tournament will have 16 teams taking part. Teams need to publish 2 speeches.  -> Tournaments will]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/debate/@missioncontrol/debating-on-the-condenser</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/debate/@missioncontrol/debating-on-the-condenser</guid><category><![CDATA[debate]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[missioncontrol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2018 19:04:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[LET'S PUSH FOR REFORMS. HARD.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The network is rigged. Even the steem whitepaper reveals that the platform has been set up in favour of those at the top, using the same system to rope smaller people (with less money) into producing content.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/reforms/@missioncontrol/let-s-push-for-reforms-hard</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/reforms/@missioncontrol/let-s-push-for-reforms-hard</guid><category><![CDATA[reforms]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[missioncontrol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2018 18:14:51 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>