and have no idea what's waiting for them when every single member of the community has the ability to flag them as a rule breaker, and every single member of the community has the right to vote on it but they are not told who they are voting about, only the offending comment + the rule it has allegedly broken.

Which is effectively down voting, something you previously (and I quote):

there is no thumbing down,only thumbing up

claimed did not occur under your system.

fully of stuffy suited business types and long haired hippy programmers who put way too much personal emphasis and character basis on being an awesome wizard or a goblin or whatever

And out come the vague attempts at insults, that didn't take long.