I think the main fear that was exploited by their accusations was that the "early adopters" / whales were basically using their acquired Steem Power to game the system and funnel more money to themselves by upvoting fake accounts that they also owned. The whole time I was reading it, I was thinking their facts definitely made the case for suspicious behavior. Despite that though, everything that they described (creating multiple accounts, upvoting your own content, etc.) is all technically allowed.
I have one big issue with your post, which is that you are essentially doing one of the same things they did and making blind accusations towards Dan and Ned. I upvoted some of those posts too (mainly for putting in a lot of effort and interesting topic) - does that mean I was behind it too?
I really enjoyed the rebuttal that you wrote, the defense of your actions, and the list of stuff you have done to improve Steem/it. The unfounded speculative accusations though, not so much.
I believe @kushed's accusations of @bacchist being @ned's sock puppet to be an example (via sarcasm) of what you can do with evidence that is publicly available and by making assumptions.
Ah, ok. Got it. Sometimes sarcasm goes right over my head, lol. Especially when it is plain text :)