Well, two anecdotal things .. I have seen very justified targets, in my humble opinion, receive the negative attention of our beloved bernie, and I have seen him upvote and support some deserving folk, again in my humble opinion .. people who were not getting much support from elsewhere.

At one point I was so saddened and frustrated by watching these posts receiving $100s, even $1000s of dollars in support, while I was lucky to get fifty cents, and I was really trying hard. Because of my of lack of people-skills (or whale-fluffing skills), I had no hope of making those huge gains - not that it's about the money (haha.. ya right), but I saw the future, when the price of STEEM would rise and it would be very expensive to powerup steem from exchanges... so I as distraught .. and then Bernie gave me an upvote, a nice little boost that restored my enthusiasm - for that I am very grateful!

Anyway, I am just guessing, because I have not spoken with the man .. but I am certain his perspective on things is well-reasoned, but it is not a perspective that is easily understood by those of us with substantially less resources. But imagine, a person who is now financially secure, but due to his being here since the start, has identified what he believes are problems in the design, or management of the thing, or he sees problem actors taking unfair advantage, and instead of bellyaching about it, he is allowing his actions to speak for him.

Anyway, I don't fully understand, but I appreciate bernie as I appreciate all our fellow STEEMIANS .. and I will remind us all of the old cyberpunk ethos .. those of you who come from that neck of the woods ... "if a system allows something to occur, then it may as well be part of the design."