grabs the mic

If you lose followers over this, good riddance I say. You will gain more followers by speaking up. I agree with @grumpycat's efforts. I think this will only better the platform. As for your argument about outside links / content, I also agree. I've been an on and off twitch streamer for the last 2 - 3 years. It was never beneficial for me so I got bored. I've recently been looking for a way to stream twitch on steemit, but then I noticed d.live. The next time I stream anything it will be on that.

What gets me is how people who have table scraps invested in the platform compared to some of these 3 million + dollar accounts think that the bigger whales have no reason to protect their investment.

As a newcomer to the platform, I am 100% okay with whales laying the smackdown because I can see the abuse happening every day.