RE: Update on @the.masses - Reputation Shattered - Thoughts on Flagging and Censorship
I seen that and thought it was a shame to see the account being used in that manner. But can you blame @berniesanders ?
I would have done the same thing, he was called out by name and cursed and slandered. Obviously the account was being used by someone who had already ruined their own rep and no longer had a voice.
I still think it is an interesting experiment, I have used it and seen mostly positive interaction from it. But I think it also shows how one oh shit is the equivalent of three thousand oh goodies :)
The account may be used for good most of the time but when someone uses it to start attacking others it is going to be attacked, and rightly so.
The whole idea was a but flawed in my opinion. Sooner or later the acccount is going to be used in a manner that needs to be silenced..
It should also be noted that this account isn't anonymous in any way, it is very easy for Steemit Inc to see who has used it, so you may want to think twice before using it to slander people...
Thanks Tim ...
Thanks for the comments. I totally agree with Bernie's decision to flag.
Out of curiosity, how can Steemit, Inc. see who has used it? Are you referring to the user's IP address when they are logged into the site?
Sure, the very nature of database structure would have to record the IP in order to validate accounts. We are dealing with real money here even though it may not be much.
A simple query could easily show what other account has used thatv IP in the last 24 hours. If I were to code it I'd include much more, and I bet that have as well...
Most people think OS and Browser etc etc, but every preference is also easily captured and stored with every click. Plugins, etc etc...
There are no two computer alike simply because of the mass array of options we all have. Steemit.com isn't blockchain and it's time folks realized that. It's a PHP-SQL pulling from a blockchain.
That blockchain may be immutable but the site is not...
Really great point, thanks!
You're welcome and thanks for the upvotes :)
I'm a big proponent of building in an admin panel here at Stemmit.
What we have now if flag wars, it's nonsense. Even if we rely on whales to come to the recuse with their massive downvotes we still have the annoyance of hidden post.
Plus the whales begin to be attacked in retaliation, so why not just vote in some admins and build a simply panel where once an account has proven itself to be a nuisance it is muted. Bida Bing Bida Bang.
Allow the community to vote for these admins and provide a method of removing them should they abuse that power. Our whales are pretty awesome people from what I have seen but a lot of negative surrounds them because they have acted to protect the community.
So some think they are the bad guys and some have even went so far as to destroy their own reps, hence using the.masses to get their word out...
It's solvable and in the end Steemit will have a rep of simply not allowing trolls...
We'll get there, thanks for listening :)