New messenger service coming to steem...Those headlines came to mind as I replied and commented over a period of several hours with a steem user. Alas, I feel my overactive mind was simply torturing itself and playing with my emotions...It's not going to happen...Not as far as I'm aware anyway. But whhhyyyyyyy!
But back to my caveman chat with that steem user.
This particular person is one I've not had much to do with over my 2.5 years here although as a curator for 
...Here we are communicating like cavemen with everything we say emblazoned and immortalised on the blockchain for all to see.
It doesn't make a lot of sense to me, and makes even less sense that there is not some form of private message, DM or messenger service here for users to communicate privately with. I think the righteous and legit 
Now, we were not planning world domination or anything like that...Were not plotting to bring veganism to an end or ridding the world of the Kardashians once and for all, however wouldn't tat be awesome...But we were talking about...Shh, I have to say this quietly so as not to upset anyone...Guns. Shhh!
What, can't hear me? I said, GUNS.
Damn it, can't hear me still? I said...
GUNS!
We were talking about technical aspects, equipment, resources et cetera. We weren't saying anything wrong, or bad, so there's no real need to hide it away in a DM but...Still, I think it would have been better if we could chat in live time, in a private message, here on steem. I know it's not going to happen but how cool would it be?
Anyway, whilst on the topic of commenting I'd like to say how enjoyable it was to engage with the aforementioned user about a subject and hobby we are both interested in. As someone whose only social media outlet is steem I found it cool to go back and forth, even in this caveman-like manner, on various aspects of our interest and I especially got some enjoyment out of opening up some new concepts for him to think about - I assure you, shooting is an art and is very technical when all the peripheral elements are combined. So, despite the caveman communication technique I still managed to have fun.
I am yet to understand why someone would leave a simple one word answer to a comment on their blog, or none at all, when there is some much to gain from engaging with more alacrity. Alas, I'll still get the simple "thank you" to replies I post and I guess I should be content at least that I even got that. Go figure though right? Why not engage?
I wonder if said user above and I would sit in a pub over a beer, G&T or soda and engage as well. Certainly now we know each other somewhat...But if we didn't? Isn't steem great.
Anyway, I'm just thinking out loud here and don't expect anything at all to come of it, except for maybe some I.T. expert explaining slowly, and ineffectively, about why it can't be done. I'm a bit slow on the uptake when it comes to I.T. stuff.
I hope y'all are having great day or night depending where on the planet you may be...And if you're not...Well, turn that shit around and make your life great!
Thanks for reading.
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