In your own words: A lot of effort for a flag?

It is no secret that I reward comments and I know that some people are commenting just to get a boost. I am going to be a bit stricter at times though if they do not add value to the conversations. I a also going to try to remember to reward those who engage with others in my comments section to as I think there is a massive amount of value and it helps me out a lot.

Now, I came across this comment:

@harminkona (50) · 4 hours ago
Consent to exhort and tirade . in the prompt area you are accurately indicating that it is essential to discover groups and to participate. Given some here are not local English speakers I may include the word Engage inside your group - on and off the blockchain - a few people can be to a great degree effective by mostly remarking and drawing in with others that infrequently post a considerable measure content as post. I know you realize that @tarazkp

That looked familiar...kinda. An hour earlier:

@uwelang (71) · 5 hours ago
Agree to advise and rant :-) - in the advise section you are correctly hinting at that it is important to find communities and to take part. Given some here are not native English speakers I might add the word Engage within your community - on and off the blockchain - some people can be extremely successful by mainly commenting and engaging with others that rarely post a lot content as post. I know you know that :-).

I have seen many people cutting and pasting already voted comments from the top of the list in the hope for a vote but, this is the first time I have come across someone really rewriting one fully. Perhaps there is an app for this or perhaps it is run through a couple translators and back into English so that it makes sense but, is not the same. Either way... It gets flagged.

Perhaps people don't really read the comments thoroughly, perhaps they think people won't remember what they have read an hour earlier. These are not bad assumptions but, risky. The irony is, it was on a post about having commonsense and working hard to develop your own content and place. Umm, spinning other people's comments is not what I meant.

This person has been on the platform since December and is Rep 50; should they understand that this is unacceptable by now? Well, that depends on whether anyone has flagged them for it I guess but even without it, how can someone actually assume that this is good behaviour in any type of scenario?

It is this kind of behaviour that makes Steemit seem so much worse than it may be in reality and in reality, there are large problems. I know that people struggle and look for any way to make a little money but please, please, please at least make your commentsyours. This is pretty sleazy behaviour in my opinion and I am not going to encourage it.

For those that do comment well and add value to the conversations, thank you very much, it is greatly appreciated. I hope that you put effort in regardless of the potential for rewards but, I do understand the need for some reward. What I hope though is that you will visit much smaller accounts from time to time and engage there too even though no vote might come.

To build strength across the lower sides of the platform takes work to build the connections between. In time, this will prove much more valuable than what it it seems it might now as many of these accounts will grow and those with good content, good network and a strong community will become tomorrows platform leaders and niche market fillers. As onboarding happens, this will provide strength and reward through diversity.

Relying only on the big accounts to grow the platform and provide rewards is very risky, as we can witness currently. This is a community and it requires a community at all levels to work toward an improved future.

Rant number 2 for the day? Not really.

Taraz
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