I've never been a fan of whale voting deals and hive politics. As a decentralized platform, votes should only be given for causes we believe are beneficial for the chain as a whole.
A while ago I decided to take another attempt at witnessing and working on projects for Hive. The wiki hasn't gotten the traction I hoped yet (although it's about as much as I expected), but as a long term project I stayed dedicated.
That is, until now.
It started with a nice surprise.
I mean, who doesn't like some love being sent their way?
Unfortunately, the hive community isn't as mature as I wish it was. This became clear pretty quickly when I tried to find out what motivated this nice gesture.
Well, here we go again. Politics at its finest.
My (in my view, valid) concerns with the proposal lead to losing funding for my work. This is all too familiar.
Once and for all, for everyone:
You can't buy my vote.
If you think my contributions aren't worth a top witness spot, don't vote for me. I'm totally fine with that.
If you don't vote for me because I don't vote for you, there's not much more to say except "fuck you". If that's what you want hive to be, it'll be without me.