I have actually been wondering if our Dutch directness has played a role.... In our culture it is normal to point out weakenesses in order to create something as good as possible as efficient as possible. Doing this is building actively about a togetherness and protecting our intergrity as a group (in this case the steemit community). Especially if somebody has more power and has an ability to make or brake we see it as our duty. I don't think this is as normal in all cultures as in ours. I think you tried to do something good for the community as a whole while the whale saw it as an attack and you have been punished for it rather hard. I could be wrong ofcourse but this is my outsider perspective while being in the dutch culture.

If this is true and we punish people for doing stuff thats normal within there culture we are without knowing abusing power. Because than "You should have/could have known" is no longer acceptable. I have no answers about this (yet) but I think it is something we have to think about.

I think I am against having to use your own name. For some people it is very important to use an alias to protect themselves against for example their government or stalkers or other ill-willing people. I do get your point and I do see what problems it would solve but I am afraid it would also exclude people who are vulnerable in real life and would really benefit from making money here. I do not say it should stay the way it is. I think I don't know enough about this and how we could protect everybody while making sure everybody is legit.