RE: Witness Update: Running v0.23.0 to Support Hive
This seems very centralized to me that a core group of people have decided not to give people their equivalent balance in hive as they didn't agree with how they used their stake in the past. What about scammers like haejin and ranchorelaxo who milked the system for years and drove thousands of users away. People like bernie that have spammed and threatened the whole blockchain to mention a few. Doing damage to it's reputation and driving out users.
If you are moving away from justin and steemit inc that's fine but who are the witnesses to say that people can't use their stake in the way that they see fit. I don't see some of the accounts being any more harmful than the ones that i mentioned and think that it should be all or none.
People shouldn't have to apply to a group of devs for stake that they deserve through owning and holding legitimate steem tokens. They don't have to agree with your opinion on how to run the platform or it's no different from what justin is doing himself.
I agree and have pointed out the damage people like bernie, haejin, ranchorelaxo, and others have done many times. I become a target when doing so (bernie had me on a downvote bot for months, set to vote right before payout so few people noticed).
It does feel centralized which is why I was vocally against it. Unfortunately the alternative was to disable my witness, and I still care about Hive and representing those who vote for me too much. I'm hoping the proposal system can be used to make this right. That doesn't rely on devs but on the community showing support for the accounts that would like to participate in the airdrop.