Hello Steemians,

Okay, I was thinking that who is the deciding factor of and on Steemit! Recently, Hive account@grumpycat jumped in and made a policy for Bid Bot developers and users to stop reward abuse. That was a bold move! And it made many bot owners to change their policy as well as the post-age factor! The one who complies with the new yet unofficial policy is unaffected from the dark side. From the dark side, I mean the owners who didn't comply with the new yet unofficial standards are facing the major problems. Let's discuss about this new issue...

Just a Disclaimer...

"I respect you and I love you, my posts are not meant to hurt anyone's sentiments. My main motive is to speak up what I am thinking about this cause.Here I am, a small minnow with my regular post."

Unofficial

These new standards are very much welcomed as it reduces the last time pull and pushes in reward pool. By UNOFFICIAL I mean that these standards are not directed by Steemit's authority.
Bid bot owners forgot that they are Interacting with an official website, an official standard, and are not dealing with any random low-quality websites.
Any changes are always notified by steemit via Hive account@steemitblog. But in Hive account@grumpycat's case, the cat is not authorized by either Hive account@ned or Hive account@steemitblog. The new standards of Hive account@grumpycat are not resteemed by either Hive account@steemitblog or Hive account@ned.
So it is confirmed, that the new standards are not by Steemit authority and not supported by any other authority too! And we are blindly following it!

So Hive account@grumpycat / Hive account@madpuppy why we must comply with your rules?

Because of Power - Steem Power?!?

Hive account@grumpycat and Hive account@madpuppy you have got the power, and I respect your power!
But this power is not meant to be used to abuse or force someone to accept your rules. Everyone deserves freedom and you cannot Impose your ideology!
Second thing is that your new standards must be discussed with everyone before imposing it!
And now you are targeting innocent people who do not comply with your new standards, you are downvoting, flagging the quality contents too, Isn't you are abusing your power?

Not a Witness...

Hive account@grumpycat you are not even a witness, why not you run a witness node followed by your witness campaign so that this all changes in policies must look legit and compulsory!
We got many witnesses who are actually meant to be in this policy and decision making system, but none of them were informed or got a chance to discuss with you on this issue.
The biggest question is " Whom you took in the count to discuss these new policies?" - Anyone?"

Flag to those who don't comply?

Hive account@grumpycat and Hive account@madpuppy, Is flagging is the only solution left? I even tried to discuss with you...
The way you are forcing Hive account@michaeldavid and Hive account@sneaky-ninja is truly unethical. I mean you got the mediums to communicate and what you are doing is flagging and not participating in discussions!
The below screenshot is from my post when Hive account@grumpycat started the change in bid bots, Link to my post
Sad thing is that I was Wrong!

I Support Hive account@michaeldavid and Hive account@sneaky-ninja, and I am against this unofficial policy and unethical way!!

In the end, Who is the deciding factor for Steemit, for us - Hive account@grumpycat, Hive account@madpuppy or Steemit's authority??

Hive account@grumpycat and Hive account@madpuppy your upvotes, reaction and even your flags to this post are most welcome!!

@GrumpyCat, @MadPuppy or @Steemitblog - Who is the deciding factor in Steemit ??