Yes the transactions happened on Steem, but are they still included in the Hive blockchain.

The initial Hive launch will be a direct copy of existing blockchain with a few small upgrades, which will allow us to get back to community discussion on the direction for future development, needed changes, and most wanted chain-level features.

Those transactions are a part of Hive, and therefore fair game to criticize for being completely inaccurate.

It is not the rules that I am concerned about. It is the legitimacy of hive as a blockchain.