After this post was published, multiple media outlets reported on it last week. I do not believe the public was unaware of the situation — the crypto communities I am familiar with were very well informed.
Personally, I sold roughly half of my AAVE last week, converted it into UNI, and added it to the AAVE–UNI LP. The reason was that some DAO service providers attempted to change the status quo, ignored the risks, and blindly pursued “DAO rights,” escalating a minor issue into a revolution. That level of risk was unacceptable to me.
This had nothing to do with Aave Labs pushing the proposal to the Snapshot stage. The 37M sell-off occurred several hours before the Snapshot. Please verify the timeline. What you stated is a misrepresentation of the facts.