I'm relatively new to the Steemit community, so I don't profess to know all the ins and outs of the community and the histories of those that have been here, etc, but what I do know is that when I first joined Steemit, the community stood out to me as being nice, respectful, and supportive.
In the past 10 days I've noticed a HUGE change. All of a sudden, my feed is being bombarded with STEEM DRAMA, and try as I might I cannot seem to get to the bottom of it.
STEEM DETECTIVES, HELP ME OUT!
The first sign of drama I noticed was the dramatic "I'm Out" post by 
Hive account@craig-grant.
https://steemit.com/steem/@craig-grant/1-million-steem-power
After some digging it seems that Craig's posts were being downvoted by 
Hive account@fulltimegeek. The main issues seemed to be Hive account@craig-grant constant draining of the reward pool by self-voting, his promotion of Bitconnect that many believe to be a scam, and his downvoting others to get more rewards into the pool.
After the dramatic "I'm Out" post, it seems Hive account@fulltimegeek is no longer downvoting, and Hive account@craig-grant is back to posting.
When the dust had settled on that, seemingly out of no where, more drama reared its head.
Hive account@dan had posted two posts addressing critiques and claims by Ether creator in regards to EOS. This in itself is not too noteworthy, as I think anyone would want to set the record straight on their creation, life's work. What was interesting was that Steemit creator 
Hive account@ned flagged/downvoted one of the posts created by Hive account@dan! This is shocking to me! Hive account@dan has previously said there is no drama between him and Hive account@ned, but this flag makes me think that might not be the case.
https://steemit.com/eos/@dan/response-to-vitalik-buterin-on-eos
Then I wake up this morning to find this investigative post by 
Hive account@joseph! Please read as he explains the situation better than I ever could.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@joseph/an-open-ended-question-to-ned-and-dan
For those that didn't read the short of it is Hive account@dan downvoted arguably the most popular posted of Steemit 
Hive account@sweetsssj. Although there is much speculation, we do not know why. My guess is that Hive account@dan realized there is a flaw in the Steemit platform that allows for the same people to constantly be on the trending page, and he wanted to combat that a little. Steemit sees downvoting as legitimate as upvoting in the community; sort of a checks and balances system.
What is strange is that, around the same time, the very popular people's hero, 
Hive account@officialfuzzy was being downvoted by Hive account@ned! No one seems to know why, and I have no guesses as to why this is happening, but Hive account@officialfuzzy left us a clue with this comment, " Ned apparently doesnt pay attention to the fact that this post gives away more than it receives...
Thank God you have no control over me ned. Thank GOD i didnt sell out to u early on for double my sp (like u wanted).
And 
Hive account@thedonfreeman im not a whale compared to ned. I just do more for his community with less. He cant have me showing him up.
Keep downvoting me ned. I wont stop building and youll never shut me up."
https://steemit.com/beyondbitcoin/@officialfuzzy/beyondbitcoin-rsvp-whaletank-hangout-2178-8-04-17-over-1000-steem-in-awards
WOW.. would love to know more about what happened there...
If anyone has anymore information on these feuds please comment below! It really feels like the beginning of a war is about to breakout in the Steemit community. Also, if anyone has any comments about why they think this is happening now, I would love to hear your theories.
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