Hey @dan, I always enjoy reading your posts as they inspire new neuronal connections :)
I notice though that you have some grammar errors in your text that hide some of your intended meaning:
Does the fact that Google has the ability to freeze a shareholder’s account by preventing them from making an edit does make Google the custodian of the shares nor an intermediary between two shareholders attempting to buy/sell their shares in like-kind exchanges?
Also, as a Steem witness, I notice that your witness votes are outdated and at least one of the recipients is actually selling their steem account - it would really help me if you would consider switching to drop a vote for me or actually just to cancel all your witness votes if you intend to completely leave Steem behind.
Cheers and may the source(code) be with you!
I'm with Ura-soul in requesting you reevaluate your witness votes. There are a couple of us over here busting our asses for the community's voices and then... there are the cronies and in breeding types up there, or even dead witnesses, that your system and observed point of view on aristocracies vs meritocracies from what I've seen, are in direct conflict with. Yet here we are asking the designer of the platform's rules to take a look at his own witness votes? C'mon man, some of us came to bat for you, when ned acted like a chump. Can we get a little love? :D