If we wanted to kill steemit, we wouldn't have invested in it. I invested back before anyone was even getting paid on here and I've been an active and supportive community member ever since. As for TDV, I fell for his bullshit back in 2012 and learned my lesson the hard way (followed his advice to sell all my stuff and move to Chile, where he had founded a new real estate development that turned out to be a big scam). When I warn people here about him, it's out of a desire to protect steemit. There are a lot of people like me out there who know about his scams and to them, Steemit looks like a scam by association. I was a sucker once too and can't do anything to change that but at least I can inspire others to do their research and refrain from similar mistakes themselves. If we're going to thrive as a community, we have to hold one another to higher standards and stop welcoming sleazy predators with open arms.