Thanks for sharing this article. I got hit by a downgrade as I explained just now here :
In short I did a quick joke about bitcoin and tulips (asking against which color the home would be for sell). One poster didn't took it well (I understand the recent volatility can be quite unnerving), and down voted me.
Wow, that sucks! Now this is the reason why we need a regular dislike button on steemit that won't affect the money or reputation, flagging is an extreme opposite of upvoting there should be something in the middle/