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RE: UPVU Proxy Governance Voting Update Announcement
@UPVU the Symbionts Team has been downvoting users that do not vote for them as witness or vote for others they do not like. They have been downvoting myself and others for days now for this reason using the @ecosynthesizer account, which has basically resulted in them bullying steemit users based on who they vote for as witnesses... This is not the type of behavior that Steemit Witnesses should be engaged in and should not be supported or tolerated in any way shape or form. If you guys are not going to support steem-supporter, you should also remove support for the Symbionts Witness due to their bad behavior.
It's one thing for sides to disagree on who should be voted in witness, but it's a completely different story when it comes to downvoting users posts, to me this crosses the line when you start directly hurting individuals simply because you don't see things the same. We shouldn't tolerate any of that here on Steemit, these guys should be removed in my opinion.
Yep, I agree. Downvoting by the @symbionts team crossed the line and is unacceptable behavior by a Witness and should not be tolerated.
Hi, thank you for your support!
First, please refrain from putting Symbionts in the same brackets as a well-known serial scammer.
Second, we usually vote for witnesses for their merit, and we categorically refuse to sell our votes or serve them for any kind of profit other than merit.
Third, we are obliged as per our role to 1- Secure Steem, 2- Defend Steem, and 3- Thrive Steem.
Fourth, extrusion is a known behavior for the proxy you are supporting. Forcing witnesses to vote for X users or the witness votes would be withdrawn is a simple example of this behavior and you are part of this scheme.
If, by your definition of what is right, you believe that we are going to just stand aside and watch while cracks keep forming on the chain, you are mistaken. We will use the ways that the chain provides to either regulate the reward distribution to authors and witnesses or deal with actors that consider the consensus a joke or a ping pong game.
You should be thankful that people care enough to actually do something about it when an issue exists. Unfortunately, it appears that you are more on the profiteering side of the spectrum, which would definitely change our views. If you ever receive negative votes from us again, consider them as under "Disagreement on Rewards". But still, we reserve the right to do it when we deem it necessary for other reasons under chain law.
To conclude. Believing that our convictions and principles would be bent by a change of vote from Upvu is short-sighted. Not everyone can be bought, just as not everyone is willing to use their assets to help other people. To top it off, we would gladly take a hit if it meant scammers like Steem Supporter would never get support again.
Thank you,
Hello! Funny, been trying to reach you for days to no avail and yet you show up immediately when what you are doing is shown to those supporting you... funny how that works. :)
No one put anyone in a "bracket"... But bullying users isn't right, not matter the justification.
Downvoting users posts who support witnesses other than yourself isn't protecting STEEM in any way shape or form. It's bullying, plain and simple and there is no place for that on STEEM. And it's certainly not "thriving STEEM". Investors sell their steem when they are downvoted like what you have been doing. You are literally doing the opposite of "thriving steem".
You can try to twist this however you want, but the facts remain. I supported my friend Xpilar and so have several others and you are systematically going around downvoting them because they are not voting for the witnesses you want them to vote for.
That being said, I am all for protecting the chain and helping STEEM thrive which is exactly why I want 20 Top Witnesses in there who don't all agree with each other! If you really want to protect STEEM you should want the same thing. The more diversity amongst the Top 20 the better. Having sock puppet witnesses within the Top 20 is not better than having people you disagree with... and that is the whole point of all of this.
Well there we have it @upvu, they are perfectly ok with being removed as a top witness if steemsupporter is, sounds like we should honor their request.