Thank you very much for your kind words, though my better half might disagree on the intelligent part ;). While some witnesses might be hard to communicate I honestly think it doesn't apply for the majority of them. In addition to that it must be hard to make decisions like these considering all the "background noise".

Now I don't think those that had way more knowledge about the whole matter and voted against the witnesses or stalemated the situation should be punished for having their own opinion, as long as it all remain civilized. Progress has never been made by everyone always agreeing on the same things.

That being said, however, it is maybe justified for the Hive community to want some clarification on the matter before letting the accounts that voted for those witnesses enjoy the same privileges as they do on Steem