Is the drop in price artificial?
Right now I have no idea, however I’m still long on hive and short of Steem. Hive has the active community and doesn’t have the ninja mine.
Yes there are some whales that can throw their weight around, but I think you will always have that on a DPOS chain. At least now I’m there is some chance of fight back from the community if they decide to do something nefarious.
So, I will continue to power down at Steem, liquidate you BTC immediately and then make decisions to buy more hive or just keep it from there.