I have seen what you were doing over there as I have also been baiting them a bit. I may do that less as some of them seem to think it's a good thing that I give Blurt some attention. The people I see there are a mix of those trying to 'double dip' on rewards and some who feel they were unfairly driven away from Hive, possibly blaming you :( Creative people may argue that they want to reach the widest possible audience and may find a few extra readers over there. If people want my decent votes they need to be on Hive.

I've seen all the arguments about self-votes and I still see it as wrong, especially if you have a large stake that you could use to reward others whilst still making something from curation. I disagree that people are able to judge the quality of their own posts. Let the community decide what they are worth.

I think abuse will be rampant there even though all actions have a cost. If the founders are deciding who goes on the COAL list then it's centralised. They are not going to add everyone who self-votes or is in a voting ring.

I wonder if someone is propping up the BLURT price. As you have pointed out the trading volume is insignificant.

Hive five!