To be honest, I think he was just trying to humanize himself and to draw attention away from all the problems that he has pushed onto Steemit, but his bizarre behavior had the opposite effect.

I just write satire, it is a shame that the Steemit community ignores and sometimes flags satire, except for when they hate the guy, because then it becomes mean and that is not my intention.

I do actually like @ned, but since he is a public figure, he should expect satire, but on a personal note: I wish he would stop the vote buying, because it's killing the platform.