Not agreeing with someone shouldn't ruin their reputation because then we have a bunch of people going around just trying to please whales and no one is writing anything original or value driven.

I strongly agree with the above opinion, because I myself have felt the "Flag" of one of the Whales, just because I made different comments about their writing and it was very painful for me.

Downvoting and flagging separated via steem power and reputation

For this solution I agree, but only limited comments are not within the scope of posts.