Yeah, this whole flagging thing is pretty confusing for the new users. These are my thoughts on the matter if you're interested. https://steemit.com/steem/@littlejoeward/flagging-war-who-is-to-blame-what-on-earth-is-going-on

Basically, we shouldn't use our flags as revenge weapons like haejin and berniesanders are doing. It creates a lot of pain in the crossfire.