Hi @pfunk, I was looking at @sasaadrian witness votes with him recently thats why he submitted a proposal to explain the situation. It's not that he didn't bother to remove his sock puppet witness votes in Hive, it was an oversight and something that I wished I had thought of checking as well. In fact, when you did your post last week, i hadn't noticed his name on it, otherwise that would be the second thing I asked him to do (after Steem).
I can vouch for @sasaadrian that it was a genuine oversight from someone who is trying to find his way in the system. Thanks