First of all I know who to trust around here and who's doing the good work supporting good content without being petty. The trending garbage didn't help the platform at all, and as a tribe owner with a front end I need to make sure that front end is enticing for onboarding purposes. However, I'm pretty chicken to be honest - I don't want to get involved in ridiculous trolling and defensive and retaliate downvoting wars. I'm not good with confrontation. I also don't like playing around with people with big egos and behaviour that tries to protect their version of their self inflated selves with no thought for the greater good of Steem as a whole. Saying that, that's really subjective as well - I got downvoted on my content the other day because he felt it was 'sexist' - though he missed my ironic/satirical tone. I was then downvoted by about 15 accounts. It made little difference - mosquito bites - and it doesn't bother me as I know how the system works and I've been doing it hard here for two years and don't plan on leaving. In fact everything I do is for the ecosystem. But if you're a new user, why the hell would you stay? Sometimes I think that downvoting should only be given to a central council that's voted in, but that doesn't fit with the decentralised ethic I suppose.

Ah, most of this I can watch with bemused and amused detachment - but that's why I don't get involved. I don't feel it's worth it for my personal sanity. Peace love and hippy shit. xx