Well I'd say the 'free electricity' posts are most likely BS, but people can vote on whatever they want. Likewise with DVs, but projects like HW who get community funding need to justify their actions. Otherwise they can be seen as bullies. It should be possible to look on their (crappy) site and see why an account got downvotes. A link to their comment justifying the DVs would be a start.

Hive does suffer from feuds and whale disputes can catch minnows in the crossfire. The freedom we have here makes that possible, but we don't want to set arbitrary limits on what people can do with their stake. We need to find ways to make this thing work.

I have seen too many good people driven away from Hive and they will tell others to avoid it. We cannot afford that.

I will DV when necessary, but it is all manual so I can check each case. I get some retaliation, but Hive needs defending.