The thing is that justice comes in the end. They have to most to win or lose. If they continue to make bad choices they will continue to see bad results.
The rest of us have a choice in whether or not to participate.
I'm not sure what reputation has to do with each one of us contributing at whatever level our stake is at.
Nowhere did I say that the end-users should dictate to the whales.
I don't believe that I implied that you said end users should dictate to whales. I consider whales to be end users also (in many cases). I also believe that the behavior of all end users should be judged on the same scale. That's why reputation is relevant.
Bad behavior is bad behavior regardless of stake. A lower stake user is currently discouraged from correcting the bad behavior of a higher staked user because they do so at the risk of the lowering of their own reputation score. This has happened many times. Ultimately, it undermines items 2 and 4 on your list.
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Yeah, you didn't imply it. I don't know why my response sounded like that, but when I just reread it... It did. :)
Yeah, I agree bad behavior is bad behavior. And I get the point you are making about Rep.
Steem needs to be able to ban bad users the same way bitcoin bans bad nodes.