As long as their activity is sanctioned like bad cops using civil forfeiture to rob the people they are said to be protecting, this will be a problem. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of groups that circlejerk upvotes here, rightfully so when you have large bullies throwing their weight around like they do. This is the only group that I know that does this and downvote people they disagree with, that is why my attention is focused on this particular group of flaggots.

As far as a solution, I have been trying to bring it to the attention of everyone who interacts with these piles of human excrement. Comments are basically free on this Blockchain so I comment on every deceptive/ outright bullshit post of theirs I see with @themarkymark seeming to be the head-shithead. Every time they downvote my post to "click to see" but it still exists for the people who were also wronged or maybe just curious as to what is going on. A second form of resistance I have attempted with minor effect is adding the people I see wronged by the flaggots and then upvoting and commenting on their posts so as to develop an anti-flaggot federation of sorts.

I'm not really sure how much energy I am putting into this going forward though. Steem makes it excessively easy to create multiple accounts, I have another baby on the way, BTC is booming and I have a few other neglected projects and things I wanted to accomplish before I become brown algae for the next few months.

Good luck @tobetada, keep fighting the good fight and don't let a small group of flaggots get you down!