Thanks for sharing your experience. I'm really sorry things ended up this way... it’s upsetting when disagreements turn into targeted downvoting (it happened to me as well, in the past and until now), especially when it affects broader efforts like Splinterlands and the DAO.
Your story reflects exactly the kind of misuse I was hoping to highlight. I respect your decision to step back, but I do hope the platform becomes a better place in the future... one where you'd feel welcome again.
Wishing you the best!
Thanks again. I don't have much hope for the platform. That's because these users with power do that stuff while pretending to defend the platform and they keep growing their assets without any investment. They even participate in vote trading and other things they are public critics of. Often in ways that are a bit more hidden. When the worst people here have a lot of power and that power keeps growing, there's no way for it to get better.