Haven't even heard of GLS before, so this is bad publicity finding out about it like this.
The splinterlands guys are behind this so I dont think the Hive publicity will affect the game much. Id say they made far less mistakes so far than would be expected to happen in this space.
I can agree with that and certainly don't hold mistakes against people. Well aware of their good track record.
In general, accumulating ill-gotten gains utilizing exploits is frowned upon, everywhere.
"I didn't know I shouldn't do that," doesn't work.