Just wanted to test the chain and see if it stays here or somehow ends up on the Steem chain as many of the posts in my feed there seems to be doing. I'm glad to see I can log in without needing to give third parties my active key as that was really bothering me. I felt a sense of urgency to figure this out earlier as I went to vote for someone I follow (Urasoul) and found that while the post was visible on Steemit, the ability to vote for it had been taken from me. It just spun and never credited. I finally did vote for it on SteemPeak (first time using that interface), and asked a few people how one uses the Hive. I have no need of a dictator who feels he can tell me what I can see and vote for.
While I doubt I will post much here (I wasn't much of a poster anymore on Steemit), I appreciate the efforts made by the community to band together to nullify what was happening. In the last several weeks, I have witnessed others who don't get along pull together, and that is a true demonstration of community.
I believe that Hive is positioned due to the situation to become what Steem never could. The largest names of crypto are talking about this battle, citing the history being made right now. It's up to all of us whether this gets squandered or gains a foothold as a top project or falls into the obscurity Steem had since the dump of crypto in the last cycle. For now, we have the publicity (that we never had) and good will.
There are many of you who gained my respect these last several weeks. People who I was in disagreement with (you wouldn't have known other than I wasn't voting for your witness or posts). Good chance I may still be in disagreement here once the dust settles as if I didn't find you likable or my brand of levelheaded before, I probably won't now. But, one doesn't need to like or agree with someone else to respect them, so I thank you for giving me the opportunity to respect you even if I don't like/agree with you.
I will do my part (however small that is) in helping make this chain a success. I had initially planned on writing a promo book for Steem and independently publishing it (I have a background in self publishing, having earned over 40k in royalties over the years), yet there was always something that felt wrong and couldn't feel honorable writing it. I'm hopeful in the coming weeks/months I will not feel that here and will feel compelled to write that book for here.
Blessings to you and yours.