It's a thankless, tedious job to monitor the blockchain for abuse. Maybe a proposal to pay moderators in HIVE would be in order. I haven't really been active since the HIVE fork and the demise of steemflagrewards, but it has always been a grassroots project with only a handful of people trying to do a huge job for no reward except revenge flags and personal attacks.
SFR isn't completely dead. @anthonyadavissii has been taking his time bringing it back.
This year has been crazy for everyone so far.