Flagging a post on Steemit
Should we be able to flag a post?
Well first thing for anyone that doesn't know how to flag a post or where to find the flag ill show you.
On this picture it's on the top right corner, the little flag.
When you flag a post for whatever reason you may have it reduces the value of the post.
It was introduced to function as an action to reduce a posts value if you didn't think it deserved what it is making.
Now if I or any other minnow flagged a post it would hardly effect the payout, if on the other hand a whale flagged a post it would seriously impact the payout.
I myself have never flagged a post, to be honest it's because I think the majority of people on here see the flag as aggressive. A personal attack.
This isn't the intention of a flag but a common human trait is to act defensive if someone attacks you. So by flagging someone's post it can create a flag war and this is not something I have any interest in on here.
The majority of posts I've seen that have been flagged usually are spam.
But why does it have to be seen as aggressive, the intention of a flag was to even out rewards a bit.
They do help in stopping spammers from spamming but have you ever really seem a spam post earn anything more then a few cents?
I ignore spam posts completely and if it persists I mute the person so I no longer see anything posted by that person.
So for that fact that in a way flags have failed in what that were ment to be used for. Should we still have the option?
Personally I would prefer a few appointed steemians that alone have to power to flag where as if you come across abusive or just down right rubbish posts you could tag one of the appointed members in the comments of the post and they assess and flag the post if they see appropriate.
This just just my 2 cents on the matter.
I saw some whales who flagged for no reason. I guess they like abuse of power, they are in power tripping. I would never be on the same page with them even if I have thousands of vote power.
You have to remember the majority of whales have been here since the beginning and probably have a much better understanding of steemit then any of us, though some whale flags may seem bad I would never accuse before I know the reason behind it
do you lose steem power when you get flagged?
Up-voted and flagged!
Hope this helps.
-sarc off-
Thanks for sharing @alexrickard86
@demandpeace
Your welcome!
I have mixed opinions on the matter, check out my post below. Others have enjoyed my take.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@kyle.anderson/too-much-fluff-flagging-and-steemit-what-does-the-community-think-about-my-flagging-habits
I'll give it a read these now. There are both positives and negatives for flagging
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I never knew the essence of flagging til today
I just got into one of those flag wars after i voted a low quality dashcam video down, the person came to my channel and voted everything down. Since that person is longer on steemit also his videos are really low quality, it lead to unvisibility of my videos. So i deleteted some again to upload again later. Hopefully this person forgets but..... what about this problem?? i voted down for a good reason (low quality videos), but voting everything down in response is very childdish but also very annoying actually
Why would you flag someone for a low-quality video?
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