If you were collecting links to hive posts you were probably "promoting another platform" which is against their ToS (they sneaked a thing in there and didn't change the update date for the ToS) so they had every right to censor you. Bailing right out is a good idea if you're not into that kind of thing XD
Yeah, that TOS thing was one of the problems I pointed out long ago. And technically, every Youtube video anyone embeds should trigger the same dishonest censorship, too, but it's just a lazy justification for censoring HIVE. If Steemit is going to return to greatness, it has no reason to fear competition or silence its very mention. It is just an admission of weakness on their part to quell criticism.