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RE: Rethinking the Flagging and Downvoting Mechanism of Planet Steem, to a More Democratic Process
Hi mate,
I think that too many rules or regulatory bodies could alter the original idea of STEEMIT COMMUNITY as it was intended.
I also think that a little common sense would be enough to solve this problem.
This is my pont of view:
https://steemit.com/flagging/@miti/ladies-and-gentlemen-welcome-to-steemit-flag-show
Please elaborate. AFAIK the intention was a social experiment with the explicit claim that Steem is MIT licensed and thus decided by its users (and witnesses).
Don't get me wrong, I appreciate your statement and loathe regulation as much as the next one. Possibly even more. Most definitely even more, in fact they are the thing I love to disrupt.
I also am a firm believer in that rather uncommon thing called common sense, but as a warrior, especially one pro-plebs, I understand that sometimes we need regulation to protect those less critical. Common sense... it isn't common, it's a super power in this day and era.
I means that STEEMIT is a social experiment born without rules.. in fact we doesn't have any rules apart from the common sense and the social interaction that should balance special situations like this one.. and that's exactly what I hope.
Hope is for teens who wish to get some on the weekend. ;)
The difference with Steem is that there are financial implications. Livelihoods can be affected. That may require a modicum, a minimum of rules. If not for that aspect I really couldn't care less about flag wars.
Common sense isn't protective. Not everyone is assertive. We need to protect the weaker ones. Even anarchies are structured.
...my bark with Hope in the head, leaving Fear astern. My hopes, indeed, sometimes fail; but not oftener than the forebodings of the gloomy.
Thomas Jefferson
Also:
Source: Steemitblog. Worth a read.
Perception matters. Fear and FUD will negatively impact the ecosystem. society without rules is a fallacy as it brings survival of the fittest spirit, a spirit which can result also in cannibalism. Our hopes and idea(l)s may be awesome but they don't take away that we need to be alert, listen, and protect. And #flearn.
maybe a curve on the downvote weight that is proportional to the difference in respective size of the accounts..... that might even be fairly easy to encode