You should go and read SGT Report's complaint about flagging here:
https://steemit.com/economy/@sgtreport/the-great-steemit-secret-and-pedogate-update
He's brand new to Steemit, and is already bringing over lots of new users due to his big following. (I've been following him for years.)
So he gets flagged down big-time on the very post where he is promoting and saying great things about Steemit to his followers!
In the comments you can see lots of people saying that they joined Steemit because of Sean.
This is nuts. I'm so glad to have a reporter of Sean's caliber come to Steemit, and then he gets soured by this type of behavior.
It's very, very discouraging.
That is a bummer. Did any of the flaggers state their reasoning for flagging?
No, but they must have thought the rewards were too high and too many whale (and almost whale) votes. Although I'm pretty sure that none of whales gave a 100% vote.
The thing is that he talks on the video about how "benevolent anarchists" created Steem and how YouTube has taken away commissions, and how Steemit is this great alternative.
Then this happens to him and now he may not stay on Steem since it seems like more of the same to him.
I know that us long-timers have reluctantly accepted this new state of affairs,
but this "experiment" has gone on for far, far too long now.
By the way, do you have any idea when the next hardfork might be?
Totally agree. It's just a morale killer, and abuse of the flagging system. I hope he stays. I don't know when the next hardfork is, but there are still lots of good whales out there fighting this stuff.