haha, tell us what you really think Mav! :D
I'm hoping that the suggestion in the post is something to work on, and a witness has replied to the post saying he's game for a challenge. As you say, Steemit inc might continue with the hands-off approach, and so it's up to 'us' to come up with a solution.
cheers.
I have been thinking all night about a possible solution to this predicament and with my limited knowledge it does point to a consensus mechanism that we will need like Steemcleaners having more power in bringing accounts that scam to negative levels quickly and once that is done should have transfer mechanism turned off. (although I did think how it would affect accounts like Bernie)
We really cannot stand idly by anymore.
Hoping for a solution to appear - it's whitehat theft I guess, with a promise to return the funds.