Probably the same thing is going on on the Hive blockchain, but to be honest, I do not even want to see it.
I always found putting my head in the sand an unacceptable state of affairs....not only that , the sand stops the brain functioning properly and increases 'fear hormone' production.. ( or so I've heard)
RE: Call it CPOS. C for Cartel. Hive isn't DPOS and neither was Steem