That could indeed be the end result. The flag was originally for plagiarism, spam, other issues. Then it was adopted to rewards... and anyone using it for whatever reason. There are no rules on Steemit, which is why there are many problems because everyone just does whatever they want with the features like the flag... especially if they have the power to do it because thats the way the system was originally designed. I'm trying to work towards changing that by addressing this centralization of power.