there isn't much fo a solution until we have a collective stake that is spread around enough to mitigate this level of abuse of power
This is interesting. Is it on the radar? It really shouldn't be the responsibility of bigger accounts to bail us small guys out when shit like this happens.
I'll watch this with interest.
I'd say you silver lining would be tribes and focus on LEO like yeah it's not ideal but theres still an element of protection against your downside of reward loss
Also, do you mind expanding on this? Why is there an element of protection there that isn't in Steem?
I have heard some people talking about being able to give your downvote stake to another account or just delegating in the meantime. Nothing stopping communities from creating a downvote service that goes out and cleans up abuse and protects against retaliation. I think this will become part of how many communities operate in the future.
The reason I say it has an element of protection is that a user flagging you would need to have a stake in all the tribes to completely remove all your rewards