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RE: For steemit to grow and be successful it takes all types... This includes types that you yourself may not like
Certain groups on steemit are fanatics.
(you know who they are)
avoid them.
Certain groups on steemit are fanatics.
(you know who they are)
avoid them.
Oh this case though is not one of those. The guy attacking has 2million + steem power and does some good. He has simply decided he doesn't like that the celebrity (at over 100k steem power) posts things that he posts on other sites as well and doesn't respond to replies. In fact he rarely comments. Yet if you check him out on steemd he does up vote people.
So it is bad for the platform when that happens. Especially when it is someone with such power attacking someone that has been outspoken for the platform.
I really don't like professional sports. When/If some sports celebrity joins here I am not going to be down voting them just because I don't like what they stand for. That action would not help steemit in any way. I simply won't up vote their content. If they surprise me and post something non-sports related that is interesting they might get a vote, but I certainly won't attack a sports celebrity because I don't like them or their message. That doesn't help the platform, especially if there ARE people that like that celebrity.
Celebrities are usually that way due to activity. It is likely most of them won't be involved in intense comment/reply chains here on steemit. Yet if they are attacked by steemit they also have a VERY loud voice outside of steemit and can do perhaps more harm than good. Afterall, people tend to pay attention to negative news much more than they do positive.
I agree with you.
hmmm...wonder what the flagger would do if people found out who he is, what he is doing, and mounted a campaign against him?
I'ts happened before agains random rabid flaggers.
This person has been called out on flagging before. Like I said they do good, and I think they have good intentions. I just don't think they've really thought about the damage it actually does. They are also one of the most powerful people out there so there is very little most people could do. If 99% of the people on the platform voted against them it'd likely have not effect. This is speculation on my part.
And I don't really want names named. I am hoping that person reads this, thinks about it and puts that awesome power to positive use. They do this... and they've done it for me a few times. It can be very motivational and appreciated. They have never attacked me, yet I want this platform to be what I think we all know it can be. Someone that powerful attacking celebrities can only blow up in our face I think.
EDIT: And for clarity... he is not a rabid flagger. He doesn't flag too much, but he does seem to have it in for this celebrity.
Though to me... a single flag for anything other than spam, abuse, or plagiarism is too much. That is my personal opinion.
ah yes...presidential material.
giving whales a bad name.
on further thought.
no.
it does NOT need 'all types'.
I can think of quite a number of 'types' that would be extremely detrimental.
kiddie porn for example.
I'm considering a pre-emptive mute
I tend to shoot from the lip sometimes
If I don't see what he says...I can't respond
might be safer that way.
He can do some good. He has up lifted a lot of people. Don't shoot yourself in the foot due to my observations. Though it won't really matter because, this person mostly resteems, upvotes, and occasionally comments. I don't know if I've noticed many actual blog posts by them. Like I said it takes ALL types and we need to be inclusive.
So this person does not say enough that I doubt you'd need to mute them. When they do speak they don't tend to be an ass or anything. You can tell they care. I just don't think they quite grasp how important that power they have is to this platform and what negative actions by them can do. Especially when they pick a target that has an audience outside of steem. :(
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