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RE: Steemit Proposal: Hardcap any reputation reduction from a single individual to -5
It's not a bad suggestion as I share your concern that rogue individuals could unjustly censor less influential people. But I can see the other side as well. The purpose of voting and flagging is for those who are most invested in the future of the platform and currency to have the most influence to guide who is recognised and who is censored, hopefully for the good of steem. I do agree that the system is open to abuse but at the end of the day, every culture rises and falls on the morals or lack thereof of its participants. I'm more inclined to trust in the inherent incentives of the free market system than to create more rules. Thoughts?
One can still flag and have influence on content. Destroying the reputation of a single individual would just require more than 1 person to do it. If say you want to lower a rep "25" to zero, you'd have to have 5 flags (5 curators x -5 max rep cut each). That's the rationale.