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RE: The Problem With Flags - Educational Post
Yes, this is a serious issue with the flag icon itself. I understand if it is supposed to discourage overuse of it, as we should all be concentrating on upvotes mostly, but there is nobody to "report abuse" to... And so that wrongly likens it to the YouTube flag where it's a huge kick up the ass because your video just gets taken down.
Reputation goes beyond the actual "rep".
If I see a flag on a post, I know there is an increased likelyhood that this is due to percieved: "Fraud or Plagiarism, Hate Speech or Internet Trolling, Intentional miscategorized content or Spam".
Even if there's nobody to report to who could hide the content all by himself, it serves as a potential warning. - A normal downvote, which I would like to see implemented as well, should be treated and displayed differently.
It is an issue, yes. Just today I noticed the first person who had gone on a flagging chasedown because he didn't like something I had to day a while back, I had honestly even forgotten about the user. But he didn't forget me and flagged most of my blog including your post which I had resteemed.
This just goes to show you that something does need to be done not just when it comes to the perception of flags but maybe also separating content from blogs and resteems.