Steemit is a quantitative system that purports to be a qualitative one by means of self correction via curation, in much the same way that financial & stock markets are argued to operate as naturally self correcting via competition and supply/demand. In both cases we have seen that in fact there exists opportunity to exploit the system for personal gains by means of manipulation, collusion, counterfeit, etc.
It is a real shame that it costs to flag inappropriate content or abuse of the system, as this discourages the moderating hand of the curator in much the same way that the march of the million-click-bait plagiarists & generic content (re)posters discourages efforts for original authorship.
Thanks for making a stand, wish you didn't have to throw yourself under the bus to do so.
Least I could do is ^ vote