I have to totally agree with the post.
In some forums, up and down votes are used to "vote" on the level of  agree/disagree the community has for each individual thought.
Not so on Steemit.
Here, it goes against someone's _reputation_

**When you flag someone you are literally spray painting graffiti on the bricks of their home.**

I think that's why the developers moved the flag away from the voting field to separate the two concepts.
It is especially outrageous when a _killer whale_ uses his deadly power to flag someone for mere disagreement - pounding them into the ground with the Hammer of Thor.

![](https://i.gyazo.com/634d30c8981395f6c68fbf3b8312a49a.png)

I saw some horrible abuse here this week of that type.  Someone asked the community to join in one of their promotional campaigns and **BAM** they were hit by a mega whale's sanction costing them thousands of dollars and egregious damage to their reputation - even though they had far more than a hundred up-votes from people who loved the idea.

I was horrified.