Living in sustainable community bring up all kinds of scenarios to address. After years and hundred of people, we are clear that accountability is of the utmost importance. Without accountability there is no responsibility. Ideally people themselves are accountable, responsible and honorable in their actions, but when that is not the case, there needs to be in place a structure to handle situations where people are not capable of it on their own.

The world we live in is designed and perpetuated to divide us, to encourage lashing out without true communication, to leave us with dysfunctional ideas about conflict resolution and incredibly low standards. Bringing this kind of behavior into Steemit is a sad thing, as there is great potential for such a platform with many intelligent contributors.

When there is no accountability, things can go sour very quickly. We know this from experience. The SWAT raid on the Garden of Eden is such an example. The City of Arlington, it's mayor, city manager, chief of police and others, hide behind the structure that allows their dishonorable actions, without putting their own personal integrity on the line. Never once did they communicate with us as we requested from the highest officials. Never once did the neighbor speak about her concerns, even though directly questioned prior to the raid. You see, people will hide their feelings without discussion, without clarity, without honorable attempts to resolve differences, especially when there is no one of higher integrity to hold them accountable. This is the way we were raised. This is common and it isn't sustainable.

If the users are unwilling to respectfully address their disagreements, to only tune into those posts which do benefit them or provide relevant and supported feedback to back their actions, and if Steemit won't address these situations to hold those users harassing and interacting dishonorably accountable, then the platform will surely fall. Dishonor is not sustainable and undermining those who bring valuable content will disrupt the beauty of the open forum.

Sustainability, responsibility, accountable, integrity, honor are the values upheld with the highest esteem at the Garden of Eden--the true reason for its success. Any system, City or group that doesn't hold these values of primary importance will not thrive. We ask that the infrastructure of Steemit be re-evaluated to step up their standards, as a reflection of the incredible potential and revolutionary platform of exchange it can be.