RE: Still receiving flags! Important realizations from this experience.
I'm pretty sure @karamyog's decision to criticize was not based on anything @lyndsaybowes, I, or anybody else said but on @karamyog's own observations of your actions against @allseeingewe. And that history is this:
- @flagawhale made a post about your most flagged individuals.
- @allseeingewe made a comment similar to this:
hot digitty Y'all
- You downvoted the comment..
- @allseeingewe made a post about it.
- @karamyog expressed an opinion about it on @allseeingewe's post
- You downvoted both of their entire blogs.
Now, even you can see how that action from you would cause a reaction from them and others in the community. Every action causes an equal and opposite reaction. Expressing an opinion on your actions is not entering into a flag war. It is simply exercising something this platform was made to facilitate.
In fact, flagging you isn't even really a participation in a flag war, or at least it doesn't have to be. Anybody can and should flag you (or me or anybody else) if they feel the rewards are not appropriate. That is an integral part of how this system works. I actually like you as a content creator. I don't agree with the conclusions you reach with your TA, but if nothing else, it's entertaining and well delivered...well at least it was until recently, but I don't agree with your rewards. While I will agree that it is your stake (or stake you control) to do as you wish, others have the same choices with their stake. They are not relegated to sitting by and watching by virtue of their SP.
I propose that we all exit the flag war. Feel free to flag any content which directly offends you, and feel free to flag any content which you feel is over-valued, but give a reason for flagging. I will do the same and encourage the same from others. The result will not be a flag war, but simply a means by which we can resolve differences in a clear-cut and respectful manner.
Yeah, flagging you isn't a war either. Your rewards are being added to the pool, isnt' that great? Isn't that what you want by flaggin me?...to return the reward. The road travels in both directions.
I don't know, maybe. I might agree with you. What is your reason for flagging me all the times that you do? What is your reason for flagging a comment I made on poetry for which the author has given me a .02 upvote? What is your reason for flagging a poem about the crucifixion of Christ? Did you not agree with the paltry rewards I would have received? If that's the case, I may agree with you. The truth is, I have been upvoting myself a lot recently, just to help drain your VP, and in my opinion, I think a lot (not all) of those deserved to be flagged, so thanks for that.
Ask yourself your reasons for throwing those flags. Is it because of some merit of the post itself, or was it simply a retaliation for someone disagreeing with you? Remember, you flagged me first, and I have offered many times to resolve this issue through other means. And I'm still offering.