Mostly it's best to stay silent on false claims and inflammatory statements made by the uninitiated however in this case best to state the facts logically and calmly, as you have, and then move on.

I'll admit to not knowing a lot about things on steem from a back-end perspective although it's clear that something that had so much potential has been twisted into a vehicle driven by greedy, selfish and hubris-loaded individuals. I'm glad to be away and moving forward.