Thank you for this post @charles1.

I agree with the sentiment. Steemit is no different in many regards to real life. War is messy, has unintended consequences, and tend to rage on.

What you mentioned about the minnows is an observation I made. They are the ones who are affected by this the most. Many of them do depend upon the upvote of others. My upvote for a comment went from $.40 to $.13. Granted some of that is the pullback in the price of STEEM. Yet not all of it is.

Wars tend to keep going. This one is going back and forth with each side trying to garner more support. Sadly, the large number of posts are still rolling out at a high payout plus everyone else is engaging in behavior that I dont think they want to have people see in real life.

People often profess to be about love, humanity, and compassion yet then we see actions that go completely counter to that. Of course, there are those who do not espouse those values and walk through life bullying everyone within site (for some reason White House comes to mind at the moment). Empathy is a great concept to apply to this situation.

Many have reached out in an effort to try to reach a compromise but the fear and greed are in full force. At this point, being right appears to be all that matters.

Fortunately, STEEM is much bigger than Steemit. The ecosystem is much more powerful than what we are seeing. But you are right, there are going to be some who hold onto the bitter end.

We can only conduct ourselves...nobody else. Applying some of your suggestions is a great idea for the day. Thanks again.