@thehive I have been considering writing something almost identical to your post here because I see a good bit of the same thing unfolding.

Especially in regards to this:

"If you want to have a say INVEST" "get more stake". Unfortunately this same thing also states we don't give two fecks about community. The first time that is said will defeat and minimise the efforts of everyone that put effort to defend the Steem chain from the hostile take over.

Which to me just reeks of elitism and a big 'fuck you' to everyone that helped battle against the hostile takeover.

And this:

Will the same thing continue as before were rewards are given to the high levels of SP and the lower be disregarded, or will there be a more level playing field? A level playing field were everyone has an opportunity to grow without brown nosing. Will the top tier look outside of their own circle or will this continue? Words will be spoken will the actions follow or will the actions conflict with the words spoken?

As far as rewards go it is already looking like the same old circle-jerk cabal is continuing on this blockchain which is a bit dismaying to say the least.

Something else that I have yet to actually get an answer to is who exactly now controls the @steem.dao account that was apparently airdropped the Steemit Incorporated stake during the hard fork to Hive?

I was in the chat channel the other day when both of us asked that same question and the silence was deafening!

I honestly hope that I did not spend all that time fighting against the hostile takeover just so a few greedy folks could make a cash grab and then continue to shit on the content creators while rewarding their friends (brown nosers) and perpetuating the cycle of abuse that occurred on the previous blockchain.