He was blacklisted for recycling on Hive, it started with that post link a year ago. The rest is just bluster and diversion.

HW do themselves no favours by throwing Steem into the equation which has confused people. I absolutely agree with you on this point about recycling their tokens and what people do off chain should have no bearing but in this case, it's just a simple case of someone reporting him for endlessly recycling content and farming rewards, no more, no less :-)

PS why has v4vapid stopped writing here? Always the most thought provoking and drama free alternative viewpoint writer on the chain. Send them my regards if you have contact please.