There are lots of things that need to be cleaned up on Hive for sure. SpendHBD has some merit to it and hopefully it is a success, but at the same time, I think that some of the people involved don't seem to realise that HBD is backed by Hive. All that stake that people have bought and earned over the year makes it possible. That stake also looks to protect itself, which is why things like downvotes are necessary. I am not sure when you joined, but before the economic improvement hardfork, Hive was a cesspool of bidbots and scam. Under those conditions, SpendHBD doesn't work.