Epidemic of childhood diseases on Steemit: why and what to do?

Recently I see a large number of posts of the old inhabitants of Steemit, who are seriously concerned about the manner of behavior on the newbies. 

Maybe I'm wrong, but let's see what happened. Initially, Stimit was a fairly closed community. Firstly because very few people knew about it, then the registration was closed. Those who managed to become part of the community were for the most part not random people. They were either people who are well versed in the rules and ethics of community and blogging in general or those who had knowledgeable friends who could help them. Because in one way or another they were invited to the community or learned about it from people experienced in these matters.

I want to say that the Internet as a whole has gone the same way. At first it was a closed system, where only a small circle of people had access. They were people of a certain level, they were familiar with the rules and ethics of communication in this community. So we did not encounter something new. It happened before. It's another matter that we can change this, or at least take control.

Then "the borders were opened." A flood of different people poured into Stimit. Now we literally choke on spam. I see it and it irritates me, just like you. But I also want to say that we should somehow distinguish those who deliberately send out spam and "flag" is the only remedy for them from those who have not yet figured out the situation and have become infected with childhood diseases "nice"-"good", "follow me" and "upvote me" comments. 

I understand very well that now tomatoes can fly into me, but let's be honest. Not always those who leave such comments are spammers and have weak blogs. Like you, I mostly ignore such comments. But several times I still checked the blog. And, you know, I've seen really good blogs, and it's a pity if the author's reputation for such a blog is killed for one stupid comment.

So I want to suggest that the right of the first "flag" should belong exclusively to the author of the post, where such a comment was left. We know who comments on our posts, we know our friends and we can clearly see who sends us spam.

You will tell me that they have all read the rules and you will be right. But ... many of them come and are lost. It seems to them that many followers is an indicator of success, a lot of upvotes is an indicator of success. Then they will understand that this is not so, unless, of course, we kill their reputation earlier for the childish folly.

So, I've taken up enough of your time and I'll figure it out. 

Now I have two proposals specifically:

- the right of the first "flag" should belong exclusively to the author of the post, where such a comment was left;

- it is necessary to create a kind of school on http://steemtools.com/, where to send those newbies registered on Steemit. 

We already see that just the reading of the rules for many is inadequate. Yes, it annoys us, but it happens. Let's remember that there are also many young guys here and many of them are really talented, but they can do something stupid in their striving for success as soon as possible.

Perhaps, to some it will seem naive, but if we consider Steemit as a part of life, and not as a closed club, then we need to consider different aspects of human behavior.

Thank you for reading!

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