Is steemd a part of steemit inc? I thought it was. But since the account in question is visible there it must not be. However the important thing for people to realize is that while the account is not visible with steemit, it still is with other front ends. So the steem blockchain is working as it should.
Has anyone tried to resteem one of their post via another front end and see if it shows up in their blog list? If it does show up then steemit was unsuccessful at banning the account from their system.
Also steemworld gets all their info from the blockchain and the account is visible there also.