RE: This is what a top HIVE witness does: self comment+voting and downvote-retaliation
Now I have your attention? Good!
FWIW
My account was added to the censorship list on Steemit site (see condenser updates) when Hive started.
Of course it can be seen via other frontends, though they are way less popular and shutting down, moving to Hive.
It is NOT my intent to harm Steem or milk rewards. Trust me, with my resources I could do much more than you can even imagine.
I've disabled my witness on Steem right away and I'm no longer getting block production rewards.
To get better perspective check inputs/outputs relative to Steem Power. I'm nowhere close to any of you. But that's not the point here.
As a former witness it is my duty to communicate to my voters about what's going on and help them to upgrade to Hive but that is heavily limited by Steemit aggressive propaganda.
You seem to feel good about it, accept it and approve it. It's sad to see how cheap it was to buy you.
That makes it clear what you think about values that Steem was aiming to protect.
This is no longer Steem that we were building.
You chose to stay on a broken Steem, so be it.
You chose to be obedient to Steemit Inc, TRON and Justin S. and be affirmative to their deeds. Your choice.
Good luck with that. At least you have learned about the importance of downvotes in the system ;-)
"This is a classic ideological split: the people who actively want a centralized chain can stay on Steem, the ones that don't will build Hive."
It is all up to you now.
"말을 냇가에 끌고 갈 수는 있어도 억지로 물을 먹일 수는 없다"
"Now I have your attention? Good!" -> That's exactly what I would say.
Maybe you are right. But during the past two years of my Steem experience, I don't think I have seen much improvement. Not undermining what you have done - it's just what I and many others feel.
Then why have you done self comment+voting? How can you explain what you have done?
Your long reply does not say anything about this. And your "supporters" even admit that what you have done is milking.
And speaking of "aggressive propaganda"... I wonder whether you haven't seen what your HIVE buddies have done on Steem (aggressive/abusive comments, spams, etc.)
In a way that you can understand that? I doubt it's possible, but lets try:
I boosted visibility as much as it was possible for someone who is censored.
Tips: it was temporary and no rewards was ever extracted.
Because apparently you can't even understand what you are reading.