^{It's hard to believe it has been over seven months since I last did this post.}

I won't say much today.

Saturday on the Blockchain

^{If you weren't around all week, you're definitely not around today.}

So. I've been back producing content for eighteen days, after a lengthy break. That's old news.

It's been somewhat quiet around here. Majority of the people I follow have left so I've been looking around for some new folks, when I have the time. I still enjoy curating so if you see a vote from me, that means I was there, viewed your post from top to bottom; enjoyed it for whatever reason. I'm going to try harder and make more time to leave comments. That's an area where I need to improve.

The self-voting and vote buying types are still hard at work, posting crap so they can entertain nobody except themselves; and there's no point in voting for them because, well, they got it covered.

Since returning, and even though it has been a little more quiet than what I'm used to, I still managed to produce about six or seven posts that made the top ten list of posts with the most comments, so that's cool; and since this is a progress report of sorts, I thought it's worth mentioning. Thank you for taking a moment out of your day to enjoy my offerings and spend time with me.

Some folks are downvoting people for no reason.

^{Acting petty and childish.}

I think by now most of us know not to take it personally. Look at any Youtube video, you'll see thousands of downvotes, and those people aren't making new videos to bitch and moan about downvotes.

If you were on the receiving end of some random downvotes in the comment section under one of my posts recently, don't worry about it, I'll upvote your comments anyway and you still come out on top. If you see me getting downvoted, don't worry about it, I don't care, save your votes for the content you enjoy because those people need it more.

Sour

^{I honestly look forward to the day of no complaints.}

I'm not one to hype anything. When I see something being hyped up, all I hear is, "Dr. Johnson recommends Camels brand cigarettes." Manipulative brainwash. That stuff bugs me. Grumble, grumble, grumble.

I think I'm getting old.
^{And experienced.}

I see potential in this Palnet project. Even though I didn't qualify for the claim drop, I've used the platform daily and have been able grab just over 1000 of those tokens. It's a start.

I was able to produce a couple posts that hit some top slots on the trending page there, organically. That's something I haven't been able to do on Steemit for nearly two years. It felt good.

I did witness a bit of grumbling though. My experience on Steemit dictates: When one becomes somewhat successful, people begin to hate. That sucks.

That mentality of despising those hitting the top spots or doing well has spread into the Palnet community, a little bit. What those people don't realize is, our trending posts earned a few dollars, if that, and half of that money went to the curators/community. Hitting the trending page is a generous move all around, not a dick move.

Success can and should be celebrated; I hope more people can come to terms with that fact. Steemit made a lot of people frustrated and it seems like these Palnet people actually want to solve the problems rather than fuck up and make the same mistakes all over again.

Recently, a post of mine stayed in the top ten under the 'Hot' tab on Palnet for a few hours. It reached those slots organically. I decided to wait around and take notes. I'm not confident being there helped get more eyes and votes. The post just kinda died out. Hopefully more curators will come on the scene but it's still far too early in the experiment to know if Steemit's issue of having too many content producers and not enough curators will find its way over to Palnet.

Since so many dumped their claim drop instead of staking, don't be surprised if you see people grumbling about not earning much. They ditch their tokens instead of powering up, then produce content and expect everyone else to vote on their content so they can dump more tokens instead of staking/powering up.

Not all of Steemit's issues can be blamed on Steemit. Many of the issues on Steemit wouldn't be problems if the community had made wiser decisions with their tokens. You can take your seeds and eat them, for one meal, or plant them, for many meals. Ancient wisdom still applies; I'm hoping Palnet users have learned from their previous mistakes on Steemit.

The moment I see a charlatan move in to Palnet, asking for delegations, and effectively centralizing thousands of potential votes into one pissy paid vote, I'll be pulling the plug, instantly.

Because Palnet is Steem

^{I want to see it thrive.}

I am in no position to hype or gripe though. If it's something that interests you, sign on and contribute; if it doesn't tickle your fancy, then stay the fuck away. ;)

On with the show.

^{I'm an "artist," remember?}

The State of the @NoNamesLeftToUse Address is not only here to give me an opportunity to write out my random thoughts on the current state of affairs, it also holds all of the artwork I've created since the previous episode of this show. Everything I've produced is linked together and forms one massive collection of hundreds of images, amounting to thousands of hours of work.

Enjoy this:

^Misconstrued

^{That's Why It's There}

^{I Want To Tell You Everything Will Be Fine}

^{Simply Staying Busy}

^{It's Only Some Colorful Stuff For Now}

^{Why Am I Doing This Now}

^{You're Looking At It}

^{The World Inside}

^{What You Want To See}

^{Perfect Mental Health}

^{Read The Writing On The Wall}

^{Sickness Dwelling}

^Incomplete

^{Where I Left Off}

^{Fantasizing Tough}

^{Doesn't Forgive. Doesn't Forget.}

^Snebulous

^Excluded

^{Tell Me More}

^{It's A Girl}

^{Do Something}

Ned's Penis

^{Everyone Get Inside}

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All Previous Editions:

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_{The State of the @NoNamesLeftToUse Address: 25 More Days of Being The Only Me You Have}

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_{The State of the @NoNamesLeftToUse Address: I've Produced Over 200 New Works Of Art This Year — Probably Published Over One Million Words}

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_{The State of the @NoNamesLeftToUse Address: Looking Back to the Invisible Sights While Moving Forward to See What's Next}

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_{The State of the @NoNamesLeftToUse Address: Another Month Worth of Sights To See}

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_{The State of the @NoNamesLeftToUse Address: Staring at This Box, Wondering What to Write}

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_{The State of the @NoNamesLeftToUse Address: Still Willing to Work for Your Support}

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_{The State of the @NoNamesLeftToUse Address: What Two Months of Hard Work Looks Like}

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To Conclude

^{It never ends.}

Have a nice day.

Credits:All art and images seen here were produced digitally, by me.
^{"Now to just sit back and wonder where everyone is for a few hours."}

^{© 2019 @NoNamesLeftToUse.  All rights reserved.}