🚨 Warning to all communities 🚨 The STEEMIT TRAVEL Account has been compromised!! 🚩

Dear friends,

With regret, I write these words, as I never thought I would have to face such a situation. I want to personally express what I have recently experienced, as I am deeply disappointed by a wrong action taken by someone I would have helped if they had contacted me directly.

I am talking about @ponpase, whom I have always considered one of the best users of Steemit. He has been of great help on several occasions, assisting me in better understanding the platform and tirelessly working to grow and improve the community every day.

However, recently, a moderator from Steemit Travel contacted me because they could no longer access the Steemit Travel account. It turned out that the access keys had been changed, and the power-down process had been initiated. I personally asked users to remove their delegations from this account because it seemed that @ponpase was the only one who knew the Master Key. Unfortunately, it appears that this is his doing.

Dear friend, if you are reading these words, I cannot comprehend the reason behind your actions. All you had to do was reach out to me on Discord, and I would have helped you, whatever the issue, even if it involved money. Instead, I feel betrayed by your actions.

I noticed that, being the founder of another community called Steemit Marketing, the main account of that community has also undergone a power-down.

Furthermore, I have verified that withdrawals were made to Poloniex. Although the addresses may be different, they were made simultaneously.

I want to emphasize that the money withdrawn does not matter to me; you may need it more than I do. What strikes me is the gesture itself because asking for help would have been enough, and it would have been given. Moreover, there is a lack of respect for those who have worked hard to grow these two communities.

I hope that soon we will be able to start again with another community dedicated to the theme of travel, also because many people had joined specifically to share their adventures.
However, I am convinced that here on Steemit, there are still very honest people who work to make this community grow.

I am sorry to have to publish this post, but my disappointment towards you is significant. I hope to overcome this anger, and we will see each other in my next post.