Zealots do they hurt or help?

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Recently some folks took it upon themselves (steemstarnetwork@steemstarnetwork and sircork@sircork) to downvote some of my posts.

They have a reason and the reason is they're calling it spam. Those of you who know me, now this is not spam.

That's how I mark posts I want to upvote later and let people know I hadn't forgotten about them when I promise an upvote.

I have attempted to reach out with an explanation.

Is it SPAM?

In my constructive use of steem, I decided to take it upon myself to observe this as feedback and solicit more feedback.

Should I not be marking posts I want to upvote for later?
Is there a better way to do this and I'm just not getting it?

How to Deal with Weaponized Steemians

I'm not going to say anything bad about these folks (not yet). I will say though they are using reputation and voting power as a weapon to hurt people. That much is certain. The question is more

Do people deserve it?
Am I one of those people?

Inevitably, innocents get caught up and entangled into drama that zealots create.

What then?
How do you fix this? Is it a problem in the community or something more personal?
Can this be solved peacefully?

You'd think that on a blogging site that every solution is a peaceful one, but that's not my experience. Things get ugly on steemit.

Zealots do they hurt or help? | Ecency