Perhaps you caught my article yesterday that called out the ridiculously juvenile (my opinion) "steemygames" posts being perpetuated by the Hive account@steemsports & Hive account@steemgames projects. If you missed the madness feel free to click on the image below and check out the article I wrote:

Now, Admittedly I jumped the gun on one of the points I made in this article and didn't do proper diligence nor research before making the claims I did and ended up making myself look like a bit of a jack-ass.. Such is @KLYE. However, regardless of my partial fumble of the article I'd written the change I'd hoped to see has started. Making the flagging, loss of support and stressful day yesterday more than worth it. Check out a screencap of the front page:

Notice anything different about it to weeks prior? I sure do. No longer is Hive account@steemsports dominating 4 / 5 slots of the trending page. While I can't help but feel a bit wounded from receiving severe flagging' for opening my mouth and speaking my opinion what I set out to do has been accomplished, and with that I take a bow and all the praise and hatred that comes with it. Simply put: Hive account@steemsports your bullying & threats doesn't work on me.

Regardless on how you feel on the matters regarding Hive account@steemsports / Hive account@steemgames in time perhaps the entire community will realize I'd gladly martyr myself, my future upvotes and my popularity for what I believe is in the best interest of the community. You can count on it.

Lets Make Some Things Clear

I am NOT anti Hive account@steemsports / Hive account@steemgames nor am I against them operating on the STEEM blockchain. The folks who created these projects aren't bad people in my opinion and although they may have pushed some game types I don't agree with condemning them isn't something I'm capable of. Many users have taken it upon themselves to think that I'm against these projects and their creators, this simply is not true. I applaud the creators of these projects for daring to think outside the box and do something different! What I am against however, is pitting STEEM users against each other in any way shape or form in regards to shallow beauty contests which serve no purpose, other than to make the post creators rich and distribute minuscule amounts of STEEM to players at the possible cost of the feelings and self esteem of the users being featured..

"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life."

-Winston Churchill

Immortalized above on our STEEM Blockchain are the words of the great late Winston Churchill who served as Prime Minister of the UK through world war II. This quote has always resonated deeply with me, likely because it's incredibly true in all respects of life.

I've stood up for what I believe in, perhaps at the cost of some popular vote and potential income.. but you know what? I'd do it all over again. Why? Because at the end of the day if you sit there and let a problem bother you and do nothing about it, YOU are half the problem.

Only a small percentage of people on this planet are capable of truly shaping the world around them. All humans are capable of it, but very few achieve it.. These people are what I call fate shapers. Now if you believe in fate or not is irrelevant at this point, simply because I call them one thing that you may not believe in doesn't change their validity.. I believe the rest of the english speaking world calls them "Movers & Shakers". I'm one of them, and I act in what I think the best interest of the future of STEEM and it's users.

The Cost of Change

Overnight I lost a number of powerful autovoting whale blessings by the look of it. By the look of it nearly 40% of my normal posting rewards received automatically have evaporated.

All I've got to say in regards to that is:

"lol, bunch of man-panties"

To all those whom decided to stop supporting me:

I will be successful regardless of your upvotes.

Why?

What I post on here has value.

Be it comedy, politics, helping, reviews or whistleblowing on things I think aren't right.

To all those whom still support me:

You're the Reason I STEEM

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https://steemit.com/~witnesses

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Thank you for your votes, the opportunity and support!