Thanks for creating this post. I'm seeing that some people with heavy firepower on Steemit have become blinded by ego and self-righteousness. It feels like delusions of grandeur from bullies, while enjoying forcing their own personal dictatorship/values/views on others by brute force. True leaders with wisdom don't act that way at all and earn respect through proper channels. Leading/ruling by fear is proven to fail and hurt others in the process. Doing so in a verbally abusive and emotionally abusive way is also abhorrent, which baffles me every time. I'm tired of rolling my eyes. It's ruining the community, but it'll work its way out.
What I ponder is if these people acted this way in normal society, outside a social media platform, how well they'd fare or last. There's a reason people who act this way never show their faces.
Hangover from other social networking platforms and the fear/threat of revealing identity is real for some conservative society. But I agree with your opinion.