Well I can tell you I lost people I thought were friends over this too. I even told people my project would not be forever and it still wasn't enough.

One positive thing about this downvote project was I have been able to make new "friends," on chain, with people who care about abuse. Many of these people helped me cope throughout this process. To this day, people like yourself are reaching out to me. I do really appreciate it and it means a lot.

I did not appreciate the mental and physical drain fighting abuse has on people; but I did the project and now I have a new perspective.

I do not believe "abuse" on HIVE will ever end. I think this primarily because what we define as "abuse" is heavily influenced by stakeholders. The opinions of stakeholders and the amount of stake they have is constantly changing. So I think the definition for "abuse" will always change.