This is what I was going to write:

Dear fellow Steemers,

Those of you who have graciously followed my blog know that I have always tried to answer each and every comment and ever since the last Hard Fork I have upvoted almost every comment.In fact I am regularly in the top ten for the number of comments on my articles! 

Ever since the glitches have started to occur at the Steemit.com I can no longer keep up! I am sorry! "Use busy.org" many have said. I have tried it and although I do like the site right now it is not without its problems as well and for various reasons (which I will not get into here) it takes me a lot more time to manage my comments at that site.

Once again I apologize. Please bear with me and do not abandon me. My heart's desire is and always will be to answer and upvote your comments.

With much admiration and respect for my fellow Steemers I remain,

Your Old Dog Hive account@kus-knee

Wow three different letters and they keep getting better and better!

Instead I thought of writing this:

Dear fellow Steemers,

If you like and prefer using Steemit.com to write your posts and interact with your fellow Steemers but are frustrated with the fact that it is not functioning properly I've got some good news for you. Yesterday I saw this article by Hive account@silviabeneforti in which she mentioned another site steemitstage.com that looks almost exactly like steemit.com except that it works fine!

I've only tested it a bit but, to me, it both looks and works great! Please do remember though never to log in with your master password! I use my private posting key and it works great for me.

I hope to catch up soon with my replies and my upvoting on your comments but please be patient with me.

With much admiration and respect for my fellow Steemers I remain,

Your Old Dog Hive account@kus-knee

Now I can write this:

Dear fellow Steemers,

With all of the glitches at Steemit.com I'm sorry that I haven't kept up to date with replying to and upvoting your posts. Today I opened Steemit.com and saw that it has been updated, it has a slightly new look and an article has been posted explaining the situation! Wow I'm stoked and I hope to get caught up with your comments soon!

With much admiration and respect for my fellow Steemers I remain,

Your Old Dog Hive account@kus-knee

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• Are/were/were you having problems with steemit.com??
• Are you starting to think that even more will be revealed at Steemfest 2?
• Are you more enthused than ever just like me?

I hope that you enjoyed this article about "A Public Apology"

Until next time,

Hive account@kus-knee (The Old Dog)