Would you try to help people (after checking if you agree with their matter) - for example by upvoting them

There is a large group of people in the community who do do this, and I would say that after the last HF things have been improving a lot in this regard. We are certainly not in a perfect state where all the 'good' actors are completely countering all the efforts from the 'bad' actors - but there is a growing sentiment that that is what needs to be done, and people are following through on it.

There are some good and valid points being made here, but I will bring up the context. This person came to my blog and complained to me about the behavior of one of the stakeholders on the platform. Even as a witness, I am not responsible for looking into every disagreement that the users on the platform have with each other. My response was basically "well, they are allowed to do it" and "go try to work it out with them".

In terms of the suggestions that are specific to SC (or any other large stakeholder) if you think these are beneficial changes that should be made - my recommendation is that you try to build a relationship with them and talk to them about the improvements you think they could make, and help them see why they are beneficial to both them and the platform as a whole.