Just a note, @themarkymark, and ALL ... @xeldal and @enki voted you UP. That means that they are perhaps ready to let this go -- please also observe that fact, @acidyo, @kencode, and others. That suggests that Xeldal and Enki may be willing to LET THIS GO, Mark. Probably the best way to test that would be to go vote something UP, and see what happens. You CAN KNOW if the war can be over ... maybe you are one decision from "live and let live." Or not. Still, up to you.
I think you are missing the point.
And I think you are refusing to see mine. I know from your post that you were doing your very best to control abuse, and you paid a heavy price for it. That wasn't fair. If you need vindication for everything that happened in that past before you will let this go, that is YOUR CHOICE. But AGAIN ... Hive's good creators and new creators are going through looking like they are the same as ACTUAL spammers because of those daily DVs. That's up to today... I'm speaking to you about a better tomorrow for everyone.
How do you know that FROM NOW, you cannot return to posting and curating? AGAIN, the two whales you say are abusive to you HAVE STOPPED, at least on this post. Can the past be made up for here? No. Hive has a seven-day rule. Can you curate again without being bothered -- only one way to find out, and that's to DO THAT. Will Xeldal and Enki return to DVing you and upvoting spam when you stop pursuing them? Maybe. Maybe not. No guarantees ... but how will you know if you don't test it?
So, maybe you don't care -- this may be your last post. Fine. I will be posting tomorrow as I am today, and I will be trying to uplift Hive and Hivers tomorrow. You used to be GRAND at doing that. I understand that you feel that was taken from you by several larger whales ... but if they are willing to lay down their arms, you can get back to doing what you were GRAND at doing, IF YOU WILL. So many people in these comments have been supportive, and have said THEY REMEMBER, Mark. I believe them.
I most certainly know you are going to do whatever you think best. Whatever you decide, I have now documented for the chain that Xeldal and Enki have budged a little. I asked them not to DV you if they were interested in this ending TODAY, NOW, for the FUTURE. They haven't DVed you; they upvoted you. There's movement on one side of this, Mark. There's hope for Hive and Hivers that this can end -- and I want that EVEN FOR YOU, Mark. Really. But AGAIN, it's up to you. You were not DVed by ANY WHALE today... the next step would be to return to curating and see what happens. The past we cannot do anything about... but we have TODAY, and we may be graced with TOMORROW.