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RE: Steem Flag Rewards: Quick Intro and Jury Selection
Yes there has to be a balance somewhere. This is a very fitting counter to give steemians the confidence to flag abusers.
I am only a minow, but I have flagged a whale once, but after seeing, this whales counter flag others. I couldn't risk my tinny fin, but this here is very encouraging. Thanks @steemflagrewards
Absolutely. I think that the idea should very well be that, if you flag for good and if this is apparent to the community, then you should not fear reprisal.
Let's consider how this scenario could play out. Let's say you come across a flagrant example of abuse, you flag, and you comment letting the abuser know precisely why you did flag as @healthbasics noted below which is the courteous thing to do. Let's then say this abuser decides they don't like getting called out so they want to "teach you a lesson" and they flag all of your posts just because.
What can we do? With good whale support, those flags can be negated reversing their attempt at retallation. The "teacher" has become the student. Oh, that would be glorious!
They would perhaps then realize that they just wasted their voting power to try to attack someone for doing the right thing. Hopefully, this how it would play out and then they would realize the utter futility of even attempting to get back at someone for flagging their abuse.