<?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>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:47:45 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@themesopotamians/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[A bit of a change of schedule.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whatever Steemit Inc. is doing to the nodes in the last couple of days broke the voting bot, and rather than trying to figure out how to fix it, I decided to push on with the new plan a little early. I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/a-bit-of-a-change-of-schedule</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/a-bit-of-a-change-of-schedule</guid><category><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2018 04:57:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mesopotamians is shutting down, but votes will continue.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The title pretty much says it. I've come to the conclusion at this point that I'm not interested in restarting/sustaining most of the pieces of The Mesopotamians, so I will be shuttering most of the program.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/the-mesopotamians-is-shutting-down-but-votes-will-continue</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/the-mesopotamians-is-shutting-down-but-votes-will-continue</guid><category><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2018 22:18:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mesopotamians System Status, Week 25]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a weekly update of the status of @themesopotamians system. If they don't chase you after a mile, they don't chase you. We're now well over a week into not paying for @particleman's delegation and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/the-mesopotamians-system-status-week-25</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/the-mesopotamians-system-status-week-25</guid><category><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2018 21:54:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/x7L2VMmVDP46G9veLyRmD7LH1Sg3yEWCGYKhdpCQRuuGXQ3i5uw2TnyxAQGdhD9U2yNhZpV4Kb42x5i?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mesopotamians System Status, Week 24]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a weekly update of the status of @themesopotamians system. @particleman's delegation is now several days overdue for being removed. I guess if lots of people are going to leave Steem it stands]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/the-mesopotamians-system-status-week-24</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/the-mesopotamians-system-status-week-24</guid><category><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2018 18:16:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/x7L2VMmVDP46G9veLyRmD7LH1Sg3yEWCGYKhdpCQRuuGXQ3i5uw2TnyxAQGdhD9U2yNhZpV4Kb42x5i?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mesopotamians System Status, Week 23]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a weekly update of the status of @themesopotamians system. Some substantial changes here. User posting has diminished substantially over the last two months, and with the latest price drops has]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/the-mesopotamians-system-status-week-23</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/the-mesopotamians-system-status-week-23</guid><category><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2018 09:00:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/x7L2VMmVDP46G9veLyRmD7LH1Sg3yEWCGYKhdpCQRuuGXQ3i5uw2TnyxAQGdhD9U2yNhZpV4Kb42x5i?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mesopotamians System Status, Week 22]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a weekly update of the status of @themesopotamians system. Still in quiet mode. I've decided that I'm going to rebalance things so that I can cover the @particleman delegation when it expires;]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/the-mesopotamians-system-status-week-22</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/the-mesopotamians-system-status-week-22</guid><category><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2018 08:05:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/x7L2VMmVDP46G9veLyRmD7LH1Sg3yEWCGYKhdpCQRuuGXQ3i5uw2TnyxAQGdhD9U2yNhZpV4Kb42x5i?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mesopotamians System Status, Week 21]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a weekly update of the status of @themesopotamians system. We're still in quiet mode (voting but not posting) and I expect to be for a little while yet at least. The next key date for us is November]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/the-mesopotamians-system-status-week-21</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/the-mesopotamians-system-status-week-21</guid><category><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2018 22:01:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/x7L2VMmVDP46G9veLyRmD7LH1Sg3yEWCGYKhdpCQRuuGXQ3i5uw2TnyxAQGdhD9U2yNhZpV4Kb42x5i?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mesopotamians System Status, Week 20.]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a weekly update of the status of @themesopotamians system. Hey, we made minnow. Weird week for it. So here's where we are. We're going into quiet mode at least temporarily. Voting will continue,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/the-mesopotamians-system-status-week-20</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/the-mesopotamians-system-status-week-20</guid><category><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2018 07:18:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/x7L2VMmVDP46G9veLyRmD7LH1Sg3yEWCGYKhdpCQRuuGXQ3i5uw2TnyxAQGdhD9U2yNhZpV4Kb42x5i?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Crossroads for The Mesopotamians]]></title><description><![CDATA[I don't think it's a surprise to any of you that I've been missing my enthusiasm for Steem since the debacle that was Hardfork 20. Few of the philosophical issues raised by the hard fork process have been]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/a-crossroads-for-the-mesopotamians</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/a-crossroads-for-the-mesopotamians</guid><category><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2018 01:24:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVJ2SVhDmmumdPfnVEcahMce9nMwwksSDdRvagT9PLFGycsWnmkhtHHNMccqS7o9nm4zXdd4iXVtW9SMsLngxkBQUgg2kaSCorTyW3rwhoZiJxTDhhQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mesopotamians System Status, Week 19]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a weekly update of the status of @themesopotamians system. So close to being a minnow. Not a ton going on here, I'm still having trouble getting back up to speed on things. Mostly just trying to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/the-mesopotamians-system-status-week-19</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/the-mesopotamians-system-status-week-19</guid><category><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2018 19:47:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/x7L2VMmVDP46G9veLyRmD7LH1Sg3yEWCGYKhdpCQRuuGXQ3i5uw2TnyxAQGdhD9U2yNhZpV4Kb42x5i?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fiddly little update]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've had kind of a crappy week, at what I hope is the bottom of a chronic illness flare than has been going on for a few weeks. Today feels like yesterday was the bottom, hopefully it will keep going in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/a-fiddly-little-update</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/a-fiddly-little-update</guid><category><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2018 21:50:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFU89taP2MgKXzwntUGAvkoQiKU7VxyD37q9HAxqHrF1T19f3eQsxJxBB9UZmQTcT3SATFwUzrEqbqG7epGUMTByziXeeMtycut7ChZETbPUH1Nv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mesopotamians System Status, Week 18]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a weekly update of the status of @themesopotamians system. Thanks to @bigotemaifriend for making our second user delegation. He added 100 SP to this account this morning. We made 17 SP this week]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/the-mesopotamians-system-status-week-18</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/the-mesopotamians-system-status-week-18</guid><category><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2018 13:15:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/x7L2VMmVDP46G9veLyRmD7LH1Sg3yEWCGYKhdpCQRuuGXQ3i5uw2TnyxAQGdhD9U2yNhZpV4Kb42x5i?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Post-HF20 restart update and short-term roadmap]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm working on getting the posting back up and running. We have a temporary limited stats post just to do some tracking, and the curation post cycle will start again on Tuesday. The post-hf20 world is]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/post-hf20-restart-update-and-short-term-roadmap</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/post-hf20-restart-update-and-short-term-roadmap</guid><category><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2018 16:20:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFU89taP2MgKXzwntUGAvkoQiKU7VxyD37q9HAxqHrF1T19f3eQsxJxBB9UZmQTcT3SATFwUzrEqbqG7epGUMTByziXeeMtycut7ChZETbPUH1Nv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mesopotamians System Status, Week 17]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a weekly update of the status of @themesopotamians system. I'm home and will start posting again slowly here. While my vacation was nice, I can't say I came home much less fatigued than when I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/the-mesopotamians-system-status-week-17</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/the-mesopotamians-system-status-week-17</guid><category><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2018 12:48:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/x7L2VMmVDP46G9veLyRmD7LH1Sg3yEWCGYKhdpCQRuuGXQ3i5uw2TnyxAQGdhD9U2yNhZpV4Kb42x5i?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mesopotamians system status, Week 16]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a weekly update of the status of @themesopotamians system. The curation rewards increases are definitely beginning to show up in the system SP - we gained 17.5 SP across the system this week, and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/the-mesopotamians-system-status-week-16</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/the-mesopotamians-system-status-week-16</guid><category><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2018 05:54:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/x7L2VMmVDP46G9veLyRmD7LH1Sg3yEWCGYKhdpCQRuuGXQ3i5uw2TnyxAQGdhD9U2yNhZpV4Kb42x5i?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where we are post-HF20]]></title><description><![CDATA[The biggest consequence of HF20 for The Mesopotamians was not the resource credit system but the loss of voting power. In order to get our voting up again as quickly as possible I decided to reduce posting]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/where-we-are-post-hf20</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/where-we-are-post-hf20</guid><category><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2018 01:12:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFU89taP2MgKXzwntUGAvkoQiKU7VxyD37q9HAxqHrF1T19f3eQsxJxBB9UZmQTcT3SATFwUzrEqbqG7epGUMTByziXeeMtycut7ChZETbPUH1Nv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mesopotamians System Status, Week 15]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a weekly update of the status of @themesopotamians system. Just readying ourselves for HF20. Not a lot of news otherwise. Starting next week I'll be looking closer at curation rewards vs. post]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/the-mesopotamians-system-status-week-15</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/the-mesopotamians-system-status-week-15</guid><category><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2018 06:23:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/x7L2VMmVDP46G9veLyRmD7LH1Sg3yEWCGYKhdpCQRuuGXQ3i5uw2TnyxAQGdhD9U2yNhZpV4Kb42x5i?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A collection of level-up projects]]></title><description><![CDATA[These are the level-up projects completed by members of The Mesopotamians growth community and leadership training program in the last few months. The Mesopotamians offers consistent voting support in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/a-collection-of-level-up-projects</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/a-collection-of-level-up-projects</guid><category><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2018 10:42:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFU89taP2MgKXzwntUGAvkoQiKU7VxyD37q9HAxqHrF1T19f3eQsxJxBB9UZmQTcT3SATFwUzrEqbqG7epGUMTByziXeeMtycut7ChZETbPUH1Nv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mesopotamians System Status, Week 14]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a weekly update of the status of @themesopotamians system. Big change in the native SP this week as I converted the SBD we were holding at .71 and powered it up. We also started to see some curation]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/the-mesopotamians-system-status-week-14</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/the-mesopotamians-system-status-week-14</guid><category><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2018 09:28:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/x7L2VMmVDP46G9veLyRmD7LH1Sg3yEWCGYKhdpCQRuuGXQ3i5uw2TnyxAQGdhD9U2yNhZpV4Kb42x5i?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first Mesopotamian to be a witness]]></title><description><![CDATA[We had a bit of a milestone this week - the first member to launch a witness server. I think to say it has gone pretty well would be a bit of an understatement. @helpie just launched the witness four days]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/the-first-mesopotamian-to-be-a-witness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/themesopotamians/@themesopotamians/the-first-mesopotamian-to-be-a-witness</guid><category><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[themesopotamians]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2018 07:26:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPTpxF3taYd9U2XbKAqP1udTv8cLmi113Dez8EypVK3kK3evBijNB65f8dvGx62bRtkqzFfP7tr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>