I definitely agree the bad actors yell loudest. I've downvoted some active spammers and vote farmers. They never admit wrongdoing, and project their behavior on their accusers.
I still think HIVE matters more than the market price trends suggest. I'm here for the long haul. Tokens aren't everything. Censorship resistance matters. It mattered during the worst of Biden's COVID policies and it matters now with Trump's shenanigans.