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RE: Is this Quality Knowledge I Put Out Not Helpful to Steemit? Flagged for Quality Getting Rewarded?
Might I suggest that we consider stepping outside the constraints of a binary system and adopting a trinity of opinion. A third option. Upvote. Downvote. Censure/Shun/Ostracize/Constrain?
Upvote and downvote can be exclusively about reward allocation. The third option would be exclusively for reputation loss and post visibility, divorced from reward completely.
Perhaps we are too far down the development path for that, but it might be worth considering in future iterations.
Good suggestion and I doubt we are too far down any development path (the reputation system in particular is severely underdeveloped).
One thing to keep in mind is that despite the scary red flag a downvote that doesn't drive rewards all the way to zero is just a function of reducing net upvotes (and net increase to reputation). It does not reduce reputation.
This is what I've asked for repeatedly, but unless we get this I think the "flag" button should just be replaced by a "downvote" button. Since the change, this is how it actually works anyways.