Sometimes this drives away people that would have otherwise like you do make valuable contributions through your staking, engagement and curation, its a very tribalistic approach and shouldnt matter if you are tagging one front end or the other as long as your topic is related to that tag.
I had a similar issue a few weeks back were I was told off for using the leo tag on a pob post aimed at curating and rewarding egagement, simply because it was not specifically about leo.
I deemed this as a finance and hive community based post but another more established user disagreed and said my post was designed to harvest rewards.
I found this very disrespectful and discouraging and stoped posting in the leo front end because of this when it is not directly related to leo.
Its a shame these things happen especially when you stake your rewards in an attempt to build a brand and add value to the communities you use.
I stake all my tokens and will continue to do so to add value to those that create original and interesting content or as you say those with which I have a good rapor with.
Either way enjoyed the read, Thanks for sharing
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