I think the coindesk article title, talking about "Steem Witnesses" that freeze funds for some accounts is highly misleading. All Steem witnesses that were against this move, have been unvoted as witness by dev365, the account controlled by Justin/Tron.

And as this title is misrepresenting facts, it also reflects poorly on DPOS as an consensus model.

Personally I think that the birth of Hive after the sybil attack by Justin is testament of the true power of DPOS. You cannot buy a community.