He should post anyway.
Would you if you knew you would never earn any posting rewards ever again?
Cross post if needs be.
I suggested he ditch his old account and create another one. It would be a trivial thing to send a memo to all his followers asking them to follow the new account instead. The old one could be used for shitposting to drain the asshole's DV power.
Use tribes.
Those tokens are nearly worthless. The young fellow lives in a third world country and is in a position of some financial responsibility. Steem income has been of quite a bit of help to him.
Yes, I would keep posting. In some way it would be freeing.
I know a few users earning hundreds of Steem worth a week after buying in or earning and concentrating their efforts on tribes.
Responsibility trumps preference.
There is no reason to be stupid about this. Just ditch the old account and memo all active followers in an encrypted memo and tell'em to follow that account. Very simple.
For the life of me, I just can't get it how unimaginative people can be at getting out minor trouble like this.
People like the drama.