Well if you were going to do that, you can still do that. If not for the possible value rise of Steem in the future, but investing money can give you power on the platform.

Most activity on Steemit is upvoting, most flags are directed towards plagiarizers and assholes, and most people flagging for dumber reasons are people with very low power.

Steemit is mostly a very positive platform, bringing good sides for the people. With power, you can affect more on what Steemit is like, help great people to do good and if you want, flag things you want to stand up against.

However the great thing on Steemit, most people who disagree with each other can talk instead of flagging. Doesn't happen on every site. Sometimes it's because of the fear of flagwars though.. but fear can help us be good.