I just did a post on this. It's not specifically related to what you're saying here, but I think we need the ability to build a DRO on top of the system that under some circumstances can be restorative of reputation. Right now we can only retaliate against people who may try to damage our reputation through erroneous flagging.
https://steemit.com/anarchy/@randr10/why-steemit-is-not-a-good-model-for-anarchism-yet
I'll add to that by saying that a DRO would be capable of conducting reputation management outside of Steemit in other places on the internet and even brick and mortar businesses, tying all of that information together to show the true nature of an actor within any given system.