What a strange site-wide announcement, displacing the top feed spot of every Steemit user - even those with spammy accounts like @steemmnsters on mute!

This really needs the immediate attention of the community so badly?

I feel as though the site leadership should lead by example. Paid spam displacing every member's chosen content is wrong on so many levels.

Does crap like that make new (or potential) users feel comfortable becoming part of Steemit? Is that how we find and retain quality?

Who is making these stupid decisions?