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RE: Do We Really have to Worry about Asshole Whales Killing our Rep because they don't like us?
The voting system is democratic. Just like on other social platforms. Flags, or "downvotes" are just as useful as upvotes. If someone doesn't like a piece of content, for any reason at all, they have the ability to decrease the payment instead of increasing it.
I'm not saying this can't be abused, but I truly love the flag feature, and wish it would be turned into an actual "downvote"
You'll also see people flagging posts for users upvoting themselves now that everyone can give their own posts and comments way more money.
So essentially you couldnt downvote or flag someone into oblivion just because you have a personal vendetta against them? For example, you dislike me so much my reputationscore drops from 51 to 8? That isn't possible Right?
@thatsweeneyguy
Unfortunately, it is. That's what a true democracy looks like. Just the same as ussrs can spam comment and upvote each one, basically stealing from the reward pool.
But it's highly unlikely. That's my point
I thought flags were reviewed
Not that I know of... I can take just as much from someone's post as I can give. no review involved
No I'm only talking about flags not down voting
flags are the only means of downvoting, unless you're using the eSteem app, in which case what looks like a downvote on eSteem, is actually a flag when it reaches steemit
Thanks for the explanation