PostsCommentsPayoutsaugust-newbie (1)in #steemit • 8 years agoRE: Introducing the Reblog ButtonWhat am I missing here? This looks seriously uncool -- like Dan is buying STEEM for way under market from the company . . . .august-newbie (1)in #steemit • 8 years agoRE: Flag Abuse (OR: How to kill the Steemit community)Again, hit the depth limit so I am replying to your next higher post. (Is this the correct social protocol?) OK, so here is our first shot at a section for a newbie-guide. What do you think?august-newbie (1)in #steemit • 8 years agoRE: WARNING HUMAN USERS: THEY ARE THOUGHT PROGRAMMING YOUOf course "they" are attempting to "thought-program" us -- but that is the way of the world. Are you against all bots or only the anti-social ones? If the latter, do you…august-newbie (1)in #steemit • 8 years agoRE: Make me follow youBut the post was "Make me follow you" and I posted three valid arguments: I'm following you I thought that we were already interacting well I have good content (which…august-newbie (1)in #steemit • 8 years agoRE: Make me follow youUnless you tell me otherwise, I will stop posting on your blog. My apologies. I thought that we were having a very constructive dialog on my blog and would love to continue…august-newbie (1)in #steemit • 8 years agoRE: Flag Abuse (OR: How to kill the Steemit community)Hit the depth limit so I am replying to you on your next higher (is that the proper protocol)? Yes! I do want the account at the end of the month. Is it not possible to…august-newbie (1)in #steemit • 8 years agoRE: Is steemit really the best way to make money with our content ?I'm not here to make money on my content. I'm here to buy my way onto STEEM with my content, get a reputation and, only then, make a little money on the side.august-newbie (1)in #steemit • 8 years agoRE: Flag Abuse (OR: How to kill the Steemit community)I have added the following line above the offending last line EDIT TO CONVEY AN IMPORTANT LESSON - NEVER post anything like the following line. It is perceived as buying…august-newbie (1)in #steemit • 8 years agoRE: Flag Abuse (OR: How to kill the Steemit community)Could you please let me know if you are still seeing my replies now that my reputation has dropped 11! points? Also, I replied to your latest blog post if you Show comments…august-newbie (1)in #steemit • 8 years agoRE: Flag Abuse (OR: How to kill the Steemit community)I would also request/suggest that, in the future, a warning rather than a flag would be kinder to a first-time offender. It's ridiculous that 15 flags have been posted on…august-newbie (1)in #steemit • 8 years agoRE: Flag Abuse (OR: How to kill the Steemit community)OK. I know that both Mark and I are amenable to whatever reputation repair is necessary. Both of us stumbled by violating community taboos that we were unaware of and have…august-newbie (1)in #steemit • 8 years agoRE: Flag Abuse (OR: How to kill the Steemit community):-) I'm not taking offense, I'm trying to learn the system. And yes, I do care that you're putting effort into this as well -- in fact, I greatly appreciate it. However…august-newbie (1)in #steemit • 8 years agoRE: Make me follow youHey! I'm already following you and we've been having some interesting debates about reputation repair so I hope that you're already following me without my having to win but…august-newbie (1)in #steemit • 8 years agoRE: Flag Abuse (OR: How to kill the Steemit community)Hit the depth limit, my apologies (but this isn't going to get rich anyways ;-). Say what? That type of "paying for attention" is exactly what makes the rich get richer. What…august-newbie (1)in #steemit • 8 years agoRE: Power up your Steem Account with 120 SBD for $100Or the question that Mark wants asked (since his excellent replies in his defense are hidden unless you Show the comments that are hidden due to low ratings) . . . . What…august-newbie (1)in #steemit • 8 years agoRE: Flag Abuse (OR: How to kill the Steemit community)Interesting. And I was about to ask why -- but I think that I get it . . . . I'm guessing that it strikes you as vote-buying. We look at it as paying for (and not profiting…august-newbie (1)in #steemit • 8 years agoRE: Flag Abuse (OR: How to kill the Steemit community)Actually, I take my statement about agreeing with @smooth's actions (thus far) back. Having both @smooth and @smooth.witness flag a newbie account is abuse. That account is…august-newbie (1)in #steemit • 8 years agoRE: Flag Abuse (OR: How to kill the Steemit community)And, if this is a valuable post, why don't you up-vote it? Are you afraid of the flag on this one? I strongly, strongly doubt that it will happen and I will work hard to…august-newbie (1)in #steemit • 8 years agoRE: Flag Abuse (OR: How to kill the Steemit community)Nah. There are obviously going to be reputational consequences for trying to hold someone for ransom so you're basically trashing your account if you try it.august-newbie (1)in #steemit • 8 years agoRE: Flag Abuse (OR: How to kill the Steemit community)We feel that the reputation scheme is necessary for the survival of steem and merely needs some small adjustments to get it functioning properly. We're not at all worried about…