It gives you the option of earning without detection, provided you don't make any mistakes that give away your identity. (don't pay for it with Steem)
It allows you to retaliate with multiple accounts that don't have open posts and can't be retaliated against. (playing their game)
Whether you find value in being here is up to you of course and the fact that ned is powering down suggests we should make similar moves. I am powering down also because I question the flag and up vote system; when compared to a market where you could take away a vendor's Euros, no vendor would be stupid enough to show up. I'm not moving my Steem off the platform, it just won't be powered up unless something changes.
"When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and glorifies it" - Frederick Bastiat.
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