Someone Created a Flag "Bot" using My Identity.
So, apparently, one of my secret admirers has decided to make a "bot" account mirroring my profile to flag people.
https://steemit.com/@fushcarbon
There's something you should know... Honestly...
My intuition is telling me this is likely the work of @camillesteemer who formerly organized the Steemit Defence League accounts to downvote people including myself but it's difficult to say for sure. Probably some disgruntled abuser.
I've downvoted a number of abusers on the Steem Blockchain so it could be any one of them. It's a 15 SP account so really no big deal but I may work to get the delegation pulled after investigating.
For example, the premise of the account is to flag plagiarism. If the flags submitted are not for plagiarism but rather arbitrary downvoting of good authors, I think we will have more substantial ground to get those delegations pulled. That and not to mention the identity theft and misinformation regarding my account. Pretty jacked up if you ask me. Here are some of the flags the sent.
Anyways, @themarkymark showed us it was possible during last escapade involving the "Steemit Defense League" to get delegations pulled so I hope we will be able to achieve the same. I have a GitHub so will work on a pull request soon.
In the meantime, I will add this account to the @neutralizer and @randohealer list to counter downvotes. I have developed a script that will counter the downvotes rshares with @neutralizer and add a random upvote with @randohealer. I'm glad to help offset the stupid flags of people that are able to abuse the @steem account creation faucet.
I use my VP for these bots so if you appreciate the actions, please consider upvoting the active comments on either of the bots. We will use the rewards to further counter downvote operations.
Randohealer has active comments currently so probably the best bet. Thanks for all my people that support the work I do. I wouldn't do this if it weren't for you!
It's definitely @camillesteemer, I've had one named after me too. Why? I don't know.
I've grabbed a few of the currently active accounts and posted them here, but they're making more everyday. There's also @calipsuy which has popped up over the past few hours.
Thanks again for what you're doing. I'd perform the pull requests myself but haven't used GitHub before. If you do a tutorial or anything let me know. Peace!
Which account is named after you? @steemtwitting, @stormstblogger, @vladimirtopiev, @charlesbiters, @crigmarlo, @marcfrelon2, @geradunlo, @fongopot, @durtluc, @worldsteemian, @cosmosteemer, @topfrsteemer, @nice-steemer, @magasintop1, @johnrevelator, @velomasty, @jenmaloro, @topfongo1, @donaldducky, @flushcarbon, @calipsuy, @jilophu,
Here is my list.
@jeanmarlo not the account name, but click on it and you'll see. Had a newer user contact me asking why I was downvoting them.
@goidt seems to be one of today's new accounts
I was just going to send that to you. We have to have a way to instantly take that delegated SP away.
@sneak what is our best option on this dufus league many of us are dealing with? Its like those little ants that dont sting but are a pain in the arse. Maybe we can get you to join the SFR discord?https://discord.gg/Rd2pjBM
same here, some of the same names,
Many of them have had the steem delegations removed by @themarkymark @timcliff and @sneak with a pull request on github called the irredeemables. https://github.com/steemit/redeemer-irredeemables/
They just keep creating free accounts daily.
I found a boatload of them looking a the account steemd.com@marystone. They were upvoting that one to try and make some steem to power up with.
One thing is for sure they are not very smart!
Been getting regular downvotes from these pipsqueaks all week. They seem to come in waves... as in, when they get approval to create a new account to flag with, it just starts flagging every post of mine, without any comment or knowable reason provided (revenge?). They even flag posts that are past payout.
@zorrolopiu
@trollshunter
@johnrevelator
@azobifly
@a-alphasteem
They aren't causing me any harm yet, but they also haven't provided any good reason to flag every recent post of mine. Generally I am kind and generous and avoid drama, spam, and name-calling.
All of this started because I flagged one of their spam posts, and commented on their spam posts because I did not appreciate that they were revenge flagging good people. Then they started attacking me with flags.
Anything we can do to discourage these people from abusing their powers (useless powers, yet very annoying), I am in favor of.
https://steemd.com/@calipsuy this is the newest one that flagged my old and new post today. How many we dont know about?
I wonder how many real accounts of thoughtful humans we have on steemit?
Edit: I just got flagged by this one too. https://steemd.com/@donaldducky
Just thought of something...
Fact: This one person is eventually going to be able to cause old posts to become hidden if they continue to create new accounts and flag the same posts over and over. This one abusive person who is wasting delegated steem for the purpose of revenge.
Since I post many historical photo articles of my #bonsai and #gardening hobby that I want to be able to reference in the future, and want to let others reference, I might as well leave a self-comment below listing all of the people who flagged the post, since they are hiding. That way if anyone runs into the article wondering why it got flagged, they can find out easily, and not have to assume I deserved it for posting spam.
@donaldducky
@calipsuy
They just flagged me today on multiple posts for no reason.
Thanks, @creativetruth. I agree and think I do have all the accounts you have referenced on my list. Will double check and run the script this evening.
It's not funny that it happened to you, however it's funny regarding the length that these clowns will go to in order to stir up a tiny bit of trouble...
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