People who don't like you or your posts abound on the Net. I have been on-line since 1995 & on social media since 2001. Here's what I garnered about troll types since I've been doing this.
Trolls: A troll is somebody that takes a psuedonym so they can't be tracked, and spends time on-line trying to p!ss off as many as possible making inflammitory statements, disagreeing with posters, and making personal ad hominem attacks on individuals. Make NO mistake trolls are cyber-bullies!
Flamers: This kind of troll looks for your name & proceeds to drop 'bombs' on all your comments & posts down the line flaming your threads & violating your personal privacy. Once again flamers are cyber-stalkers!
Raiders: This type of troll likes to raid your posts, copies them & adds their OWN embellishments to the post. These are cyber-thieves.
Ghosts: This troll makes it their business to following you undetected, and uses whatever they can to detriment you without being seen.
Hackers: This is the MOST experienced form of troll. Hacker's of course dig into your personal accounts, breaking passwords, and reeking havoc on your computer. Not ALL hackers are trolls, but the ones that are tend to be dangerous!
There are many that I haven't covered yet! This is a continuous post...have any more? Drop them here!...Trolls are welcome to be used as examples! There are surely more I haven't covered yet! My question here on Steemit basically answers itself, the lack of security brings in yet more trolls. Steemit trolls attack you on all your posts & comments. But also they are Flaggers, and they live for it! Many get paid to be nuisances!
I almost forgot the point of this post! A Flagging Troll here at Steemit, basically FLAGS all of your posts & comments to decrease your value. Sometimes they travel in flocks to push a heavy hit upon you! You combat them by gathering followers & following good posters! A flagging trolls account will be barren of posts but full of remarks. Stopping these flaggers will take a major effort here on Steemit. Plus a review of the flagging process!