Just made some new art after doing a deep dive into how Sun operates, takes over decentralized projects like BitTorrent and Dlive.
Poloniex is just a puppet exchange controlled by Tron, so it doesn't really have much reputation left.
Fun Fact: Alex Jones and the word "infowars" is banned in DLive. It appears that censorship is pretty heavy in Dlive (although I could only find one example on Reddit of this, with Alex Jones). Still, everyone should realize that censorship will probably just be instituted once Justin Sun gets control of Steemit and the entire ecosystem.
This more than anything else should really alarm people.
Anyone on the fence with Justin Sun (as I was previously), should think deeply about whether they want a censored Steem blockchain.
Think about this for a second:
Do you really think Sun and all his lackeys would allow me to have artistic freedom and create art that is showing how I really feel about Justin Sun and his tendency to ham-fist and control previously decentralized projects?
You bet I would not have the freedom of expression,Tron would most likely kick me off here.
Now apply that to all areas, and you have a situation where people will be afraid to criticize Sun, Tron and all decisions made.
This is the definition of authoritarian rule, and remember, Sun comes from a country where this type of rule is accepted.
This is in direct conflict with the principles and the entire reason that Steem was invented. It would be the absolute opposite of everything that Dan set out to do.
Steem is finally free of Ned, and I believe Ned was one of the core viruses of this entire place. Ned is the one who caused this whole fiasco. Justin is proving to be not a smart person at all. He doesn't understand these basic things:
- Transparency
- Telling the truth
- decentralized communities
This all could be resolved if Justin Sun did the following:
- Remove all votes.
- Remove all sock puppet witnesses.
- Power down his Steemit stake.
- Sell his steem.
- Leave Steemit, and consider the offer by @thecryptodrive to buy the steemit.com and other websites, and have it as a charitable trust.
Sun should leave before he ruins the steem blockchain even more. The 13 week powerdown was made to prevent centralized exchanges from taking control of it. If he fucks this up, and allows a short powerdown, expect a real shitstorm. He needs to leave before he does more damage to his reputation and the steem blockchain. Also, he needs to drop the "decentralized" word from his mantra. He obviously doesn't get it. He needs to just create centralized companies, like Zuckerberg, and stop pretending to be in the crypto world. He's a disgrace.
John McAfee said it perfectly, "You can't buy communities". He is right.