The evidence of my argument is the unviable size of steem and hive compared to other platforms. A for the downvoting war in Germany you can read here @nesomi/abuse-of-power-and-lies-of-hive-witness-pfunk-or-machtmissbrauch-and-luegen-des-hive-zeugen-pfunk

I am not involved but the "victim" started sending replies to hundreds of new posts with his cpmplaints.