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RE: Stopping Downvote Censorship on Steemit: Suggestions For a New Model for Anti-Spam That Prevents Malicious Censorship
great post that deserves more attention.
flagging should only be for clear cut abuses: spam, plagiarism, harassment, abusive ilanguage, and illegal content.
Ned and Dan were fully committed to 1st amendment rights but arbitrary flagging is clearly undermining that promise. They should update the FAQ and make it clear that flagging is only to report abuses. Never should flags be used to downvote opinions, no matter how controversial they may be.
I agree. I am currently having a discussion with the steemcleaner profile operators as they are engaging in a conflict with someone they repeatedly downvoted just for having a small banner at the end of his profile for mining services. they then went on to downvote his later posts where he complained, even though he had no spam in them. it got to the point where he posted an emotional video of him literally crying as he may be homeless and needs to make some money.. They still didn't let up on him and continue to get upvotes on their claims of being heroes for protecting steemit from him!
There is really no policy for what constitutes spam whatsoever, so i don't feel comfortable with these services at all.
I have just created an addon for steemit that mildly improves the situation with downvoted posts being hidden. ;)