He's delusional. Its a real war with real money, people's time and work, loss of future income. Its punishments are brutal and unforgiving. It will cause violence if it cuts seriously into the incomes of the more unsavory types in our society and it could spill over into violence between real people outside of the platform in the real world as with rival gangs fighting over turf. Its just asking for trouble. He is not only reckless with your investment of time and money. Its worse, he is reckless with peoples lives. There is no good that can come from the flag, neither can it be justified. It is a tool of cruelty which comes as oppression. There is no other plausible reason for its existence.

And yes, I agree that the bots are annoying and create the impression that it is the only way to succeed. It just muddy's up the playground. Those who use them should be made aware that being a pest won't get you any upvotes. Let free speech work. Let the truth rise to the top.

Its why I left Zuckerberg's playground. No wonder Steemit has only one million users. It should have half or more of Zuckerberg's friends by now. Perhaps if andrarchy would wake up in time it could!