Thank you for your comment and your kind words! A reporting mechanism has been suggested as well but comes with some tough questions: To whom are we reporting? And how do we vest them with what level of authority to dole out what type of punishment? This would be a model similar to Reddit moderators, which can be great or terrible depending on the mod.
Have been having so much fun commenting and curating that I've not had time to post... Steemit does strange things!
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