Man, you did an incredible job of writing a professional article that was researched well and although tinged with emotion, it was still objective. You were able to draw the conclusions while keeping an even temper.
It's a sad day when you find out that people have just been using you for their own personal gain and never had any intention of sticking around to be part of this. There's nothing to do, but move on and (as you said) try to set up new systems so that something like this doesn't happen again.
With enough articles like this blanketing Steemit, hopefully people will be aware of what happened and they'll choose not to migrate with dLive.