Engaging in hive politics is what witnesses do, isn't it? You play a major role in determining governance on the platform by acting and making statements as you do. You have a stake in it, that's obvious. How else would you describe what you do? You set a certain standard that you definitely want to see met, with an emphasis on engagement among users and their individual marketing activities on other channels. You use upvotes and downvotes, so you are not only involved in hive politics, but you have a certain weight by the amount of power and share you have. Elsewhere I read that you might even prefer to stay out of it, but that's the path you're taking. I was merely pointing out to you the non-adherence to a standard regarding the posting of one of your curators, who himself is not measured by what is expected of other users.
Doesn't it make you laugh that what is said there was not immediately reflected for itself?
I could only take it as a joke. I laughed heartily at it because it makes the contradiction so obvious. That's why I laughed again when I read "content isn't really that important".
I don't bother what else of value this user contributes, it's not my place to research that at all, I shared my view based on this single post and I suppose I look at the whole matter here with a good pinch of humour. If you weren't so involved in this governance matter, you might just as well do. :D
If you don't consider the payouts to be payment to your trustees, what else are they?