Hi Erik, good to see you. Everything is chill: I wasnt "calling you out at all", just asking where you were as it seemed to be a lot longer than you'd originally said. I am sure you mentioned you would be away already on this thread, but maybe not for how long exactly.
In any case, I'm not sure how effective a long BCT thread is anyway as a communication tool, especially with trolls who don't wish to respect the
forum rules. Certainly from my side, I have no purpose except to update the resources links in the OP. The main communication portal as far as I am concerned for new version releases is the blog and twitter, and there is r/viacoin for news repostsand discussions. Anything else just get buried here.
You should excuse me for not wishing "to respect the forum rules" since, obviously, you consider what I am doing, trolling. But, whether or not you choose to consider me one thing or another, it's irrelevant: Nobody will wish to "respect the forum rules" when those arbitrary and dictatorial rules are set by you and designed to keep people going silently for their Soylent Green while you do... well, whatever you want. Something, anything, or nothing at all. Yes you have -also by your choosing- other forums that you apparently favor but, guess what? Crypto
IS BTCTalk. If it is not here, it doesn't really exist. So you may dislike BTCTalk, but here's where it is at. If you want the biggest amount of crypto people to know anything about your project, you simply HAVE to communicate it HERE, there's no alternative.
Mind you, desirable as it can be, that you, as the leader of this project, keep your investors and supporters informed of the progress, direction and objectives, it is not all that needed... as long as SOMEBODY takes that assignment. What a Community manager cannot do is disappear from the forums for months, I don't care if he's travelling to the moon, ok? Anyone can post from the hills of the Himmalaya to Tikbunctu to Tierra del Fuego, alright? And no, in crypto, you cannot be silent for months without the coin price literally dying... which, for you, may not be important but for everyone else it definitely is.
It is thoroughly obvious that you don't want to deal with the plans to promote the coin, to look for it's adoption in the real world. It;s not desirable but, again, fine ... as long as somebody does it. It is painfully apparent that tech alone will do absolutely nothing to propel this coin forward. Not now, not ever, since this coin as of today serves absolutely no purpose that is not widely served and adopted already by many others. So, unless something is done in that regard, more and more supporters will stop supporting and will jump ship, just like they have been doing for quite a few months already. Thank you for giving us signs you are alive, Erik. And for the "sort of" plan you have... but what if no coders come forward? I am assuming some "editors" or video aficionados will. Maybe someone with infographics knowledge will volunteer.... but, quite frankly, the likelihood is... NEITHER. People in crypto, people with talents, have every right to expect to be compensated for their work, so don't you think that some rewards in the way of bounties are called for if really we expect some action, some moving-forward, so to speak, in pushing the actual usage of VIA in the real world? The Morellian project looks quite interesting but when you posts that in the "next months" you are going to throw yourself into it, what does it mean, that VIA, de facto, will continue not having a Community Manager, someone coming with ideas to push the project forward as often as possible? Because if that is the case, perhaps it is time to delegate on someone that will have the ability, energy and free time to do the job. Furthermore, why a project like Morellian, which is quite interesting, is not being promoted already, with, for instance, a blog entry, some press releases, more detail right here that can awaken the interest, support and enthusiasm of not only current supporters but potential supporters as well? Haven't we learned yet that if people don't know what you are doing, no matter how good or interesting it may be, it doesn't really exist?
So how about this: How about showing everyone, here and everywhere, first that VIA is a VERY ACTIVE PROJECT in development, not only on the technical side, which is a given, but also in it main purpose, which is to have an actual, practical use in the real world? Tell everyone where we are, in that path and where the path will take us and what milestones we are trying to reach in the short term? That would be just a start, but a very active start. Using all the resources we can muster to get the word out. Many people in crypto, that consider this project stale, or worse, would renew their interest, no doubt. And a couple or three, outside crypto, could have their interest piked, don't you think? None will... unless we make them take notice, OK? That would be a good start, don't you think? What are those "data models" you have all done? Again, that you have then "done" sounds fantastic... but if no one knows what they are, you might as well have saved yourself the effort. What are them? what purpose will they serve when known and implemented? what specific help, if any, you need in that regard. Are donations or other actions from the community required to speed up the path to fruition? Again, Morellian looks great, but there are already a number of coin projects with more or less established ways to achieve, in general, what Morellian wants to achieve. If you don't move forward rather quickly, someone will. Do you think that a bit of buzz, press [perhaps, will help to open some significant doors rather than approach those doors via cold calls? I'm sure you get the gist of what I'm saying...
I am pretty sure that, if motivated AND ENGAGED, the VIA community will respond enthusiastically and would volunteer lots of valuable ideas to help. And, if compensated, they will come with the skills and talent to be effective in filling up the needs of those projects already in the works, as you seem to state in your post. I don't think it's reasonable to expect voluntary and non-compensated work to be done by people in a project in which the main dev and another investor own, basically 25% of it, that's just not reasonable, so maybe those two would be interested in starting a fund that the community can contribute to, to get things done at the level of excellence that a project like this demands and deserves.
Anyway, welcome back, you both and please take what's written as what it is, critical thinking and positive contribution to a project that your lax attitude has put on a critical situation quite unnecessarily. Or take it as trolling or not following your peculiar, so to speak, rules. But take it and run with it to DO SOMETHING that needs to be done as soon as possible to get this project to the position of leadership that it can attain. Until allowed (by those peculiar rules), I will be here to criticize but also to support whatever positive end efficient endeavors are taken and carried out.
