It depended on whether you needed to make a profit. Steemit could have dealt with some abuse, but I assume they wanted to stay neutral. I didn't buy much Steem, so it's all profit to me and I felt I had to do something about what I was seeing, even though I got hit back many times. This situation did a lot of damage as many people have up in frustration.
Lots of good stuff is happening now with all sorts of projects being built on Steem. We desperately need communities to match what other platforms offer in terms of groups around topics.
I've stuck with Steem all this time and am still optimistic. There's never been anything quite like it, so it's hard to know how it will go.