A flag is locate to the right of each post. When you flag a post, you are essentially downvoting that post. Hence, the person loses whatever your vote is worth in reward.

People get into battles and it goes back and forth, with others joining in on each side. Hence the term war applied to it.

It is nasty and like all wars, in the end, nobody really wins.

A tough lesson for me but I am learning to avoid them. To truly take this place to the level it needs to go, we need to see a move uplifting behavior. Steemit success is based upon helping others, not oneself.