I read all of the posts you mentioned and some were real eye opening. @blanchy post in particular had me cleaning house on my witness votes.
Ghosts in the machine lol.

I'm also looking at accounts that are constantly powering down and sending hive to exchanges.

Flooding the exchanges with a token with zero demand is demented and short sighted. Oversupply is what is pushing hives price lower.

They will not be getting any votes from me.

On the upside. Now is a great time to accumulate more hive...get it while it's cheap. Not financial advice 😎😂👍