For all the new people not knowing where/why this started here is a brief explanation from a Haejin's follower perspective. The post is rather meant to warn his new followers but should still give you an idea.

https://steemit.com/haejin/@robbie222/my-view-on-haejin-an-unbiased-opinion-new-followers-should-read-this-before-investing

Believe it or not ...he is now asking his followers to mute everyone who disagrees with him and started asking for upvotes on steemit again.