I was involved in some of that as I thought the chain needed protecting. It can mean a fair bit of retaliation though. HW have their issues, but I believe at least some of them have good intentions. They need to work on their image and act to try and keep people on board if they are willing to take advice.
Hive is still fun for me. It's about the people, but the technology needs to keep improving if we want it to take off as things have moved in. I still think there's nothing else quite like it.
There will always be those looking to abuse it and we have to find ways to deal with that.
Flag Wars! Yes they occur a lot and another issue many have raised. Although I do not think they are as bad now as they once were.
I didn't DV over differences of opinion or to retaliate. That never ends well. Some people reacted badly to getting DVs by attacking the community. I want people to stay.