I do agree with the author of this post, in that you did damage your reputation through your actions. Your public apologizes have gone a long way in repairing the damage, but to some extent, the damage is done. I don't know what the right solution is. It reveals a small flaw in the current reputation system, in that there really isn't a great way to bring a high reputation user's rep back down, even if there is a legitimate reason to do so. I think there will be a lot of users that feel you should no longer have as high of a score as you do, and that you should work to build it back over time as you regain the community's trust.
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I just don't think the mass flagging of him would be right, as some have suggested doing. to me it seems you are taking him out in the middle of steemit square, and flogging him with a whip. The days of public humiliation should be over in the 21st century. Like I said in another post, its up to the developers of steemit to instill proper tools for doing this the right way. The problems with steemit , is the whales seems to use bots the majority of the time, upvoting post in a animated way. I have been watching this for the month+ I have been on this site. Once again, this is a beta platform. I'm sure @ned and @dantheman are working on ways to do this.
Perhaps not, but if mass flagging the plagiarised posts can not bring down his reputation, then something is flawed in the system.