<?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>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:41:32 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/hf17/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Be Mindful and Kind To Your Favorite Authors]]></title><description><![CDATA["Everything is created twice, first in the mind and then in reality." - Robin S. Sharma Not everyone uses 'bots on Steemit. I'm a manual curator myself. If you are as well, I'm here today to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@creatr/be-mindful-and-kind-to-your-favorite-authors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@creatr/be-mindful-and-kind-to-your-favorite-authors</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[creatr]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2017 23:33:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2BCfkBRHmbhypyMBb7ibHPCBWezcNgCexQhB67jP3Mb3hqF2GFViSW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hello, hello?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is this thing on? I been real down on the delegation of sp. I doubt that I need to remind my regular readers of this. I just want to get these things ironed out so we don't have dirty laundry to be aired]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@freebornangel/2csn7r-hello-hello</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@freebornangel/2csn7r-hello-hello</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[freebornangel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2017 23:45:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHVQPjDcGkFxELgGtwNAntRtiqDuEyxy5ZdiwhnEBQeiqXG6VWMPWqwm95ag56vK496nBhRpiso7BrjPJbrSy8EUu4q2Z94B1dPu3TamXgJSL2wHDeWjven1akZChsigW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Into the fog.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hard fork 17 is here. I don't really know what that means. I have read posts on what it means but am still unsure how it will pan out for the platform in the longer run if things. I am not an overly technical]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hf17/@tarazkp/off-into-the-fog</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hf17/@tarazkp/off-into-the-fog</guid><category><![CDATA[hf17]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tarazkp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2017 20:46:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJR3iqPxDrevHK3vDeQGnHc8Wj8C8neiCwUHpSbAmVbi74vU95mfVd2NCsVBN8QRjFmC6Bo4LJ37C81eDobPPMNWnVZTiTtvSvmv7pu2cor3TsoA9SJezu9p?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make a wish, Ned!]]></title><description><![CDATA["Priceless" moments... (c) by @good-karma :) Moral of the story: be careful with your wishes :) Marly - ]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/meme/@surfermarly/make-a-wish-ned</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/meme/@surfermarly/make-a-wish-ned</guid><category><![CDATA[meme]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[surfermarly]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2017 16:35:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5JTYhfHc4YoCeQENLeuwphkcxiWfpYJXZX3R1TmU41TjDDiBtT3xrksiWTaaxUNUo11emj9bzZ52975aKps2FHXEYrb6GR48AK1eMfWU94KsCaXPVbj9Ea8T1Cn9XjySaJxhd8EFvrYnzqfJLFcUjeyYeiJGJLkGmtg9pVExRUYgA6VoHz1VyaSBsdK1NiHHwNR1b8uV6mHuACLt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[HF17&18 Consensus Reached]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hf17/@edje/congrats-hf17-and-18-consendus-reached</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hf17/@edje/congrats-hf17-and-18-consendus-reached</guid><category><![CDATA[hf17]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[edje]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2017 04:13:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/BRWJ2XuBRXQxQtwjkpK59RMNMgNesUwverQN91qeEamCKvYm?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today, I'm reviewing my witness votes for HF17 - [Edited]]]></title><description><![CDATA[I think it is critical, that all HF17 be run by the network. I will be looking at all my witness votes and assessing who is running 0.17.0. I will remove any votes that are not running 0.17.0. Tomorrow]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/witness/@gutzofter/today-i-m-reviewing-my-witness-votes-for-hf17</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/witness/@gutzofter/today-i-m-reviewing-my-witness-votes-for-hf17</guid><category><![CDATA[witness]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gutzofter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Mar 2017 17:11:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7258xSVeJbKnFEnBwjKLhL15SoynbgJKpQxRd1uowoSSVBt5dSphnfu29QELbo2oZsaSBtVC534xWanqPSD8fF91xnyGfNoTDAfwJfBCAnAuZGQGjFM1BRyQGzRw9anfjLwE5RPKR4HQz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delegated Steem Power Can Add Liquidity and Credit - HF17]]></title><description><![CDATA[I must admit, at first I believed that HF17 - delegation of power - would be ripe with cronyism and corruption. **Now, I am in agreement with HF17. ** I was driving in it to work this morning, trying to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/witness/@gutzofter/delegated-steem-power-can-add-liquidity-and-credit-hf17</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/witness/@gutzofter/delegated-steem-power-can-add-liquidity-and-credit-hf17</guid><category><![CDATA[witness]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gutzofter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2017 17:04:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwrXQSDtH6RK7TcNTzjxCg9fw2YP6i4xMDmzuJ114kvq9UmCBJyh8Uoe3fj3GwdZBWqx43VwkF1axZk2DNHMa8Xkbi6SRU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 Day Payout Is Not So Bad]]></title><description><![CDATA[Having a seven day payout can only be beneficial for content providers. Curators will be able to skip a few days without having missed out on a payout. The most promising will be to allow content aggregation]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@gutzofter/7-day-payout-is-not-so-bad</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@gutzofter/7-day-payout-is-not-so-bad</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gutzofter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2017 01:46:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZXpWZZiGqHZNrSZLYsvpn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How you liking this new paradigm?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I still can't get over how much the whales were sucking up for their sycophants. I do know @dennygalindo called for it to stop some time ago, but I didn't immediately find his post. Good post dropping,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/m2c/@freebornangel/how-you-liking-this-new-paradigm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/m2c/@freebornangel/how-you-liking-this-new-paradigm</guid><category><![CDATA[m2c]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[freebornangel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2017 16:50:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2QhhddTGwaJhHFVbewBPAhpeAsxVMFtvwKXoEdRtyAcpBng1WEzExZkoyYhEAugVRDBaUpLfNp3n9NyJfVhg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meanwhile at Steemit Inc HQ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Can we please just remove the broken POW and the nesting limit already ? Then, delegated Steem Power is a huge change already ... Can we not just introduce some changes and then see how it plays out ?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@felixxx/meanwhile-at-steemit-inc-hq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@felixxx/meanwhile-at-steemit-inc-hq</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[felixxx]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2017 10:31:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/82kPqomaPXmNsjpEo1JmFDEUfLkC6tCN1UBdHC4Tmc2a?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hardfork 17 ist eine Entwicklung in die falsche Richtung]]></title><description><![CDATA[Was haben sich die Entwickler bloss dabei gedacht! Ich will hier nur einen Punkt herausgreifen. Eigentlich könnte ich mich freuen, wenn ich sehr kurzfristig denke. Ab HF17 soll es nur ein Payout geben,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@dzone/hardfork-17-ist-eine-entwicklung-in-die-falsche-richtung</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@dzone/hardfork-17-ist-eine-entwicklung-in-die-falsche-richtung</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dzone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2017 20:28:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqB1dEaFyymZkFFALLTwTjVoZoqVXZwKR1kKbgSjNePEZwkzHRidoj12P8n5g73q1YqpV1VLKv2kue1rXqXqfbWx6E8e?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the witnesses I vote for...]]></title><description><![CDATA[How are you voting on hardfork 0.17.0? If you are for it are there any parts of it that concern you? If you are against it, can you explain why? @chitty made a great point here, reaching out to the people]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hardfork-question/@merej99/to-the-witnesses-i-vote-for</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hardfork-question/@merej99/to-the-witnesses-i-vote-for</guid><category><![CDATA[hardfork-question]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[merej99]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2017 19:04:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrTps6cjBmVHvN4WKRELnFy9u363NA4sovnHTXU8JbgmMK1xTZtT1eZAPMkyrHXYAwtDMURNXmRjowbMY6ZsD2JUU8W?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Update to HF 17 Date in GitHub]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Steemit dev team has submitted a pull request to update the date for HF 17 to Tuesday, 21 March 2017 at 15:00:00 UTC (11:00:00 EDT). Disclaimer: I do not work for Steemit. This is not an official Steemit]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hf17/@timcliff/update-to-hf-17-date-in-github</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hf17/@timcliff/update-to-hf-17-date-in-github</guid><category><![CDATA[hf17]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[timcliff]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2017 22:52:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYXsf1nM34K6g5pBEKjf5RBTeVCRawFvp4pmPoJXuanzwYDEgpBWnfUt4a4P8Nkt6mmkREMNMo4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meme challenge #8 - Entry #2]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is a really big demand to change the n² reward curve to a linear one. Users want to see that something happens when they push that upvote button. Image Credits The meme is own work; all rights of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/memechallenge/@tibonova/meme-challenge-8-entry-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/memechallenge/@tibonova/meme-challenge-8-entry-2</guid><category><![CDATA[memechallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tibonova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2017 22:11:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QLrGDQoMBsiasVZX5qED8iARFUX7QmuDMxUzkZJY2z6bocvJn9AxTBjePvhPufV7LVTAJ4U4sUPoP2XtBirm8XG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[HF17 - A Good Time 2B a Witness?]]></title><description><![CDATA[When HF17 gets implemented and we are waiting for our 7 day payout is the blockchain not doing 24 hour payouts? If it is still generating 24 hour payout and there is no content to be distributed to, who]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@gutzofter/hf17-a-good-time-2b-a-witness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@gutzofter/hf17-a-good-time-2b-a-witness</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gutzofter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2017 16:07:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8t3d5gG8YxUrFtTrvhgCDjjN8jFs75epwKAYqSyUigLf1kZ6QE8zKs3WkfVdV4qQjbouqmTfHFE5KSbM4poCC6m3xJDy7pWhScFBzGk2NZhMCyMgWe4Hq36PuY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're about to get paid-membership curation guilds]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the past several weeks, there has been quite the furor over several proposed changes to the reward system in Steem. My post today is also about one of the proposed changes, but on a totally new topic,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/curation/@biophil/we-re-about-to-get-paid-membership-curation-guilds</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/curation/@biophil/we-re-about-to-get-paid-membership-curation-guilds</guid><category><![CDATA[curation]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[biophil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2017 15:43:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8t3d5gG8YxUrFtTrvhgCDjjN8jFs787zCghSiKpwcGafpmHcVNeTG4YNGRAX1jBubQdtqGpKMY8q8QiiM3kWwY352frbadpBVNncDX89jpZNGrQZVMMp5SDJwQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Debate over Reward Pools]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is a fairly heated debate going on now about a change in the forum voting system, two changes are being proposed. I am making this post to telegraph my position on the matter as a Witness operator.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@l0k1/the-debate-over-reward-pools</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@l0k1/the-debate-over-reward-pools</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[l0k1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2017 09:47:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3q52DkcPcpkeAKNsWgWwKAwfnUGSoR6QeR8QDdUizTdUFGKYRtyMXfu6vs7bnUyBL6AdQ3U3D29nn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>