It depends on the chronology, sentiments of business communication and not on nationality.
The sentence below could be read (in text form) in few ways:
You showed yourself as an asshole from the moment when you could not find a common language with Cyberfond (before launching the booster).
If Cyberfund was the initiator of investment from @fyrstikken, then yes... Cyberfund's interest is to create good offer and find consensus with investor. If fyrstikken just decided make some money on the project without caring about community and regular users, then this could lead to some resistance from project authorities.
I just want to say, don't use so strong idioms like: "exactly russian-style dictatorship".
In a quarrel both sides are guilty, usually...
PS: I personally don't mind against "Promotion Services". But they should work as intended - promote quality content and not just gain money from garbage.
As an asshole he showed himself just for "judina" since he didn't upvote her naked body. The reason for that sentence was exactly that (depending on chronology) :)))
We could see different behavior styles of @frystikken at Golos and all of them are logical. Including interests of all the involved parties. Booster raised Golos and GBG 5x during two months.
I do not consider this system to be good forever but at the moment it was very good decision.
OK Got your point...
...but eventually these boosters ruined whole point of Golos as it positioned itself: quality content platform.
Every two new weeks something appears at Golos that "ruines whole point of Golos" :)
What I do like about that platform is this inventive initiative community and experiments.
I see similar "experiments" outside of my house everyday. A lot of destruction and a bit of creation. No need to have Golos for such experiments... IMHO
Fortunately, I do not live in Russia, that's why I need golos for this kind of entertainment )))
But I would like to underline that according to people's opinion better times have already gone, and any change is not desirable. Still we can observe world is developing for the better.