Ned's recent comment and downvote towards Dan is just one of many examples of this. It seems to have been the last straw for Dan, who has now said:
"When Steemit CEO uses company stake to vote himself $3000 on a 3 word comment to justify his downvote on a post that declined payment you have a system that is corrupt...I will strive to rebuild a new community that will hopefully realize my original vision."
A good regulator of a system must be a model of that system:
https://steemit.com/fight4steem/@troglodactyl/is-steem-a-ponzi-scheme-repost-payout-declined
Please read the comments!