This should have been expected

Below is a list of names and accounts that steemit,inc has blacklisted from participating on steemit.com

(Source: https://twitter.com/FredrikAarresta/status/1241387970550267908)

Frankly I believe there should be more names included on this list.

But, it's not because I think these are bad people, they aren't.

But because this whole thing should have been handled differently from the start. The top witnesses never should have pre-emptively frozen Justin Sun's stake.

Basically everything done by him and his team from there was a reaction to having his recently purchased stake frozen.

That being said, Justin should have communicated much more clearly and precisely his exact plans for steem going forward.

The fact that he didn't made the witnesses nervous and so they struck first.

This is probably best for all involved at this point though, let steem go its separate way and grow how it wants to and let the hive guys go their separate way and grow how they want to.

Which one does it better will likely ultimately be reflected in the value generated down the road.

Lets be clear here though Mr. Sun (@justinsunsteemit), value must be created quickly here or steem will likely whither and die.

The time to strike is now. Bring in a new community and lets start building again. You lost the previous community but it in the grand scheme of things it was a rather small community overall.

Use your resources and bring in a new community and lets start creating some value together!

P.S. I'd like to be a witness, how do I got about becoming one?