However this has led to much confusion in the Steemit community, because whilst Steem is a decentralised cryptocurrency; Steemit.com or rather the company Steemit inc. is very much a centralised organisation.

True. But my suggestion wasn't directed to Steemit Inc.

What I was tryting to say is that we may consider banning abusive accounts through a hardfork. Steemit Inc does have influence on hardforks, yet there are a couple of more parties who do as well :-)

Whether Steemit Inc is a centralized company or not, doesn't really matter in this context. What we need is a consensus about how to deal with abuse and tools to help users to better protect their assets.

Many of us watched the Net Neutrality Panel with Ned Scott at Consensus 2018, where all speakers openly admitted that 100% decentralization doesn't exist yet. At no place. We're slowly walking towards such a concept, but revolutions need their while...:-)

Thanks for your addings!