Taking a knife to a gunfight... you should read this: https://steemit.com/howto/@papa-pepper/how-to-commit-steemicide-suicide-on-steemit-and-how-not-to-if-you-prefer-to-avoid-it

I have my own story about getting whaleflagged... and now this whale upvotes me regularly, 3 posts so far that got sizeable rewards. I haven't quite fully made peace with the person in question but I am not 'kicking the hornets nest' anymore and obviously this guy isn't so bad if he likes my work ;)