it's not recommended to pretend there's a crowd-wise platform if you're setting up an oligarchy instead. That's shady stuff. If Hive's unable to use crowd-wisdom with integrity, what it'll end up with is mob rule, which can get quite unpleasant.
This is the take-away that sits with my current thoughts on current events on Hive (and the world-at-large).
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