Old and salted, is how 
Now, I am not the same age as
To be honest, I wasn't even envisioning myself to be still blogging on the chain for that long. What could I offer to this community for years and years in a row, was asking myself almost three years ago. I was looking at some users back then, that were already in the 70 range scores, as if they were some sort of gods, and now some of them are in the 80 reputation score range, but don't seem to have the same god allure anymore.
Not all of them are still around here though, some haven't had the will to split the chain, some haven't come to terms with blogging for pennies during the long bear market we have experienced, and others are probably too busy to be active on a blockchain based social media. Life. Not judging anyone here, it is what it is.
You see, not all that got to high reputation scores in here have done it the right way, if I can put it like that, or without the use of bid bots. I have used bid bots as well when I was under the 40 reputation score and I guess I've done that for a handful of times that it actually feels like a drop in the ocean. I realized quite soon that once bots are out the door... who's there to still be around, and I preferred to grow my account organically and leave others jerk themselves with bots.
I instead shared my honest opinions on all sort of topics through blog posts, I uploaded tons of pics on the chain, talked crypto based on my understanding level being fully aware that I know very little in comparison with some guys and gals around here, and I never stepped back from criticizing the system when I had the chance to do so. I was quite engaging I could say with fellows that I appreciated, although not the most engaging one, but all of those helped me create my own community inside a bigger one.
I know that from a macro perspective, Hive is a community, but I consider that every one of us has his own community, and/or a circle group. It's obvious to be that way and same happens in real life, you can't be friends with every one and with every friend your friends have. I am very proud of myself, leaving all my modesty behind, and I can say that I've come to this reputation score all by myself and it's 99.99% organic.
I don't have real life friends in here that would support my content no matter what bullshit I'm blogging about so I rely entirely on a virtual community, and on my tiny brain to come up with content that gets consumed and gets curated, and man how awesome it feels. I know, somehow this reputation score doesn't have any intrinsic value and it will be probably ditched at some point.
But it's a reminder of my thousands of hours spent on the blockchain, tons of words poured in my posts and comments and really nice moments spent online on my favorite social media platform. I've gone through the fall of crypto prices seeing BTC get from $20,000 to $3,000, I've seen STEEM at $5 and at 9 cents as well, and I kept on blogging, I suffered when Justin came and stole the chain with the help of Ned, who I never ever admired and always felt was a sneaky one, and I celebrated with many of you the Hive fork, and now I'm simply loving the LEO community and feeling excited for more goodies to come for this blockchain virtual life.
That's what that 73 reputation score means to me, and with this post I want to THANK YOU everyone for supporting my content, for dedicating time in engaging with me and reading my posts, even when it was just a shitpost, for making it possible to earn decent rewards in here and to open a new full of possibilities blockchain world that I am so excited about. Hope to be around here for many more years and wish you all feel at least as excited and happy I am about being part of such a community during these times.
Thanks for attention,
Adrian