I myself have not seen this type of action against traditional art Artist, I have however witnessed it with Authors and poetry, it seems that every 6 months or so they, (and I really have no clue who they are), pick a different thing to pick on.
I am beginning to think it is someone that loves the facebook kind of troll trolling drama it creates. At the beginning of the year it was all against the community that was trying to protect people and families from CPA Child Protective Agencies, so they will grow board of the drama they create here for the Traditional Artist, and move on to the next group soon. Maybe it will be gamers, or campers or car buffs or motorcycle fiends, or anime art, all i know is it will blow over, they get bored pretty quick.
it's not just 1 person. it's an entire community.
I understand it is not about one person but about a whole group of people of a community of people, I have seen it happen, they harass a group for a while then move on. They did it with fiction writers, then poetry writers, then photography buffs, then Family Protective service type post. The only group these people have not gone after that I have seen while on steemit is the crypto community.
It will keep happening. Because the only time anyone tries to do anything about it is when it hits their community, because they do not care about the "Truther",about the "Alt Media", about the "conspiracy" about the "storyteller", it will keep happening because people do not give a shit about the other community because it does not affect them.
It is why I replied, I do understand it it not about 1 person, it is about a community. It happens to a lot of communities.
yeah. sucks