For all we know they could be spreading their votes at this point knowing Marky will downvote them to cause harm to the platform
Not saying it's happening for sure but it could also be used as a form of manipulation. Behavioral patterns from the past often include getting people pissed off about downvotes, creating a rift, then the usuals show up and start talking about getting rid of downvotes, dismantling the reward pool, stripping away the base layer, forcing everyone to go their separate ways into layer 2 effectively dividing and disempowering the populace permanently, yadda yadda yadda. In other words harming the platform but disguising it as something the people want and need.
Everyone just needs to stay focused.
You called it. :D
Well, I certainly hope this isn't a situation where the affected accounts are just being used as pawns so someone else can be lured into looking like the villain, while the community gets duped into reacting. A reaction that then gets hijacked.
And yes, I can now see the gaslighting going full blast though which is not surprising.
Whatever. I see comments here teasing at a potential solution along with some serious issues emerging as more information comes to light.
I just hope to see this particular issue resolved. If it just turns into another months long politically charged smear campaign against Hive again backed by the usual suspects, I think I'll just head out to the lake for the summer rather than watching this place devolve into madness.