As much as I want to say "I told you so" about ONO (like cool project, cool energy, but going to run into a LOT of problems and serious cultural boundaries that none of us are going to want to deal with), I know it was with the best of intentions that you went on that journey and I'm sure it was a great learning experience. I wish you spoke to me when I was warning you and others in the ONO/steemit chat on telegram, I wasn't criticizing, I just understand the culture well enough to predict what you described.
I am sure there will be way worse than what you saw but that doesn't mean the project won't accomplish some great things or that people have bad intentions, there is just a whole lot of mess sometimes and it can be really uncomfortable and hard to make your point heard in those kind of situations.
I think you've done a really kick ass job of explaining what is going on with steemit right now! You really helped me to contextualize it. I think from this post I can finally see Ned's vision. I don't know if I like it all that much, but I'll be along with everyone for the ride. I am still very interested in how this all pans out. I am also interested in these other platforms, ready to start at Narrative and ONO when I can, but ultimately my time and energy will go towards the platforms where artists and content contributes are valued for being who they are and a sense of community is something that everyone is working for. Honestly, I love discord chats more than any of these platforms, but the blockchain is a great way to monetize our work and also to find each other.