It's sad to see this sort of spiteful behaviour on Steem and it does a lot to put off new users. There are certain people who do some good stuff, but I find it hard to support them when they also attack others. Even safer when these attacks are used as an excuse to take even more rewards.

You know I've done my share of flagging and had retaliation for it. That's the risk I accepted. One issue is that most people are scared to flag certain accounts as they know they could lose their own rewards by doing so. I had wondered if there could be done way to flag anonymously. There was a previous effort where people delegated to a bit that flagged a certain abuser.

Steem is far from perfect, but I still see potential. Those with the power have to decide if they want it to have a future.