If you want to get a better insight into his mind on this, check out this article @dollarvigilante posted about 8 months ago when the price of STEEM was around 30 cents:
Link: The Case for Buying Steem and Steem Power: The Dollar Vigilante Says Steem Is Now a Buy
He also did another one in June 21st all praising it ๐
I think you're talking about this article: "Steem Hard Forks & Now People Are Making Even More Money On The Blockchain Based Social Network Steemit".
I'm not trying to actively defend him here or anything, but it does sound more like he's pushing joining the platform versus buying up STEEM at these levels. Of course, he doesn't seem to make it entirely clear either, so I can see how it could be interpreted that way. In last year's post, he says "the case for buying steem". This post, he writes:
Of course, he could have also posted that he's been powering down as of late because he believes STEEM's gotten "at least a bit" ahead of itself. That's also why I found last year's post possibly of more value. From a self-interest standpoint, I can understand why he wouldn't want to make a "big deal" of it either. He's pretty well known and followed in the crypto space and on STEEMIT, and he's well aware that by saying anything of that nature, it could have prompted a premature sell-off. So, from his perspective, perhaps it was just better to "do what ya gotta do", and keep your mouth shut.
Obviously, I don't know for sure, but that seems as good a "speculation" as any other! lol
That's sucks, if I comment on his videos, he'll pay me pennies on a great comment on his $1000+ post... I'm not hatin thats some savagery ๐๐๐