Upvote Based From Bought & Earned SP

@artopium, you made a good point. It seems that upvoting is probably based at least partly or possibly completely by SP. Like you said already, SP can be bought and it can be earned. So, sadly, some people may not get that. I should probably write articles and make videos about those things.

Gifting

Because you are right that upvoting is gifting. You are giving somebody something via an upvote. You do own that in a sense or you should. Yes, some people will probably say you don't.

Interfering

But we have problems with that when it comes to money that people can wire into their Steemit Wallet. Also, you earn money when people upvote your posts.

Bitcoin v Steem

Technically, one might argue by saying that Steem is like Bitcoin, that it stays on the blockchain as a cryptocurrency. But regardless, when you get Bitcoin, how would you like it if people interfered with a Bitcoin transfer from one point to another. When we try to compare Bitcoin to Steem, and never mind their differences, we can see that Steem could function similar to Bitcoin regardless of the differences on the principles of cryptography to how it all works in theory or even in practicality meaning that flagging should not be a feature at all. Instead, there should be likes and dislikes and a view count for posts that are separate from the upvotes.

Punished

You should not be punished for disliking. You should not be allowed to punish other people by disliking or downvoting or flagging. I would rather have a social network that allows for upvoting and no downvoting. I'm ok with dislikes but not flagging or downvotes. Another problem might be in the shared Steem pool system and there should be one pool per person as opposed to only one pool for everybody.

Disclaimer

Some of what I'm saying here may not be the best idea and may not work. That's my disclaimer. But this is how I feel. This is what I prefer and it is what I would seek after.