I like the essence of what you say, but you have to remember it takes on 2 whale votes to control the vast majority of the Hive population. lol
And that's fair, because it's DPOS. That is how it is supposed to work. However honoring DPOS and it's intention doesn't mean something is fun, interesting or a great investment.
Bear season is hard, and engagement always goes down. However, we didn't recover as much last bull season as the one before, and we didn't dip as far either.
I don't argue with the large stakeholders anymore, because it's a waste of time. Just decide if you really think Hive is going to reach it's potential and power up or down accordingly
Yeah no worries I'm aware - like I said I wouldn't do such a vote removal if I had a whale vote that would make a difference. It was just a symbolic tool to make a point about more people getting engaged.
Even if all our votes do nothing technically, it at least triggers these ongoing debates as people struggle to get their views acknowledged. And it's not like the witnesses never listen. At least a handful of them actively engage and are shaped by things going on here.
When the 'leaders' are all just silently devving away without us suckers having a clue about who they are or what they want to accomplish here, who's responsible for... well, everything else? the 'everything else' is what I wanna vote for, not just 'whoever happens to already be in the top 20 cuz whatever'