Nope. You're putting it too lightly without showing his intentions.
He's asking people to stop using steemit.com, not because there are better frontends out there, but because he doesn't like the people in charge of steemit. He says to #boycottsteemit. It's not his decision to make. Using influence to censor a group of people is against decentralization.
RE: If You Care About Steem, Stop Using Steemit