Seems to me like a flag from Transisto might be a rite of passage: "You have arrived."

I hope we can all continue to work through these issues until everyone has a solution they can live with. Stone me if you must, writers, but I happen to agree that a high payout on a post with few views taxes our internal economy greatly. I don't think flagging is the way to resolve it, although to be honest (and at Michelle's expense, which she didn't deserve) it certainly brought our attention to the problem. At the Writers' Block we're not just giving this lip service, either. There are some very real wheels turning to figure out how we can ameliorate this issue in our own group and contribute lasting value to the platform. There may even be a quantifiable financial analysis of this to publish soon. If it shows we bring value by being here, great! If it shows we're a drain or even just neutral buoyancy, what an incentive to course correct. And early in Steemit's development, too , so that by the time it hits the mainstream, we'll have these kinds of kinks worked out. @lukestokes is a rock star, by the way, in case folks weren't aware of that. . . .