Thanks for your feedback!
I didn't know about 'Stewards of Gondor'. Sad to read they abused the delegations.
I don't think we need a service like that to improve the spread of votes. And I also don't think we should rely on whales to solve it either. I think if more a matter of us, dolphins and orcas to diversify our votes and have some eye for newcomers.
Thanks for mentioning @drjudywood. I'll put her on my newbies list to follow.
I don't think we necessarily need way more users. I think it would be better to have a few users that a either have interesting things to share or a following already.
Writing extemporaneously sometimes lacks precision. Only one of the Stewards self voted IIRC. I should have stated that more clearly. Most of the Stewards did exactly what the delegator wanted them to do, and didn't do anything shady at all. I only meant to convey that scummy scammers were easily and quickly dealt with by simply withdrawing the delegation. I vaguely recall they were flagged hard, but I might be fantasizing of the perfect world I wish Hive had created.
I think if Hive were done right, everyone in the world that can type or dictate would be a happy user. That's a world I'd like to live in.
Thanks for doing what you do.