in a way i like to think that we 'disobedient steemians' have formed a kind of virtual group in cyberspace. that does not need a discord manipulation channel to think for us what we should be thinking.
The group of people who really think for themselves are just stronger by logic, ethics and the sharing of idea's.
I have experienced the internet before it became 'www' that normal level of communicating is what is missing these days. Not really missing i see likeminded people like us who find eachother. Yet the greedy basterds that have a 'corporate' mindset they really don't see what we see. We cannot blame a blind man for being blind. So we need to let go. Let them be.... We need to form our own steemit somehow. So that they can become circle bottomfeeders (?) I mean, i hope not, but once there are no more minnows to feed on then all they can eat is ... shit...? Not sure...
Once this kind of split happens, then we are no longer an annoyance to them and they nolonger are shitting in our water.
HOW? hehehe... OK i'll admit it. I DON'T HAVE A CLUE. :-D
Maybe the roots of your dreads have and idea stored?
To me it looks like we don't need to abandon as such, we merely need to agree to disagree and lead separate lifes? Sounds just as bad LOL...
Choice is up to them i guess, offer a REAL solution and keep us on board, or loose the very group of people that could have made it work.