Mainly as I do not want to start a flagging war -I'm happy to engage in conversation about what is happening, but as I am still relatively new to Steemit, and a tiny player on the platform, I do not want to be the person who starts it - quite honestly I have other things that I focus on, and don't have the time to make this my project. I think it's a project for witnesses or big players on the platform to start, and get our input.
Yes, we may get flagged - you seem to have a large amount of influence on the platform, a solid following, a lot of respect from others, and are a top 20 witness. While I only have 480 SP and 2600 SP delegated, as well as a much lower reputation, being flagged multiple times by a few big players could really destroy my reputation on Steemit. While I'm not saying that I want to do nothing, I feel like this should be led by people who can be protect/protect themselves against the reprecussions of starting a "flagging war".
I agree with your point on greed, and I would be really interested in trying to incentivise people to provide value by working with the community. I also agree with your point on envy, and will read your post in the morning as it's late here.
I was thinking that, but I was not 100% sure! Again, I completely agree. I have been looking for SP delegations for a long time, of any size, in order to help fund the SSI, and the Bloggers' Hub which we plan to implement - so I would love to see more Whales delegating in that sense, as it would really benefit my project, which aims to help the community. And again I agree, if they provide value that improves the community, this could bring more people to the community, and increase the overall success of the STEEM that they own. It's good to hear that you delegate your witness Steem Power!
Anyway, I'm currently putting together two different projects built on the STEEM blockchain (well one for definite, the other might be a generic web app), and hopefully one might expose voting rings and more, but it's only in the idea stages at the moment - let me know if you're interested in learning more, I'll be looking for developers to help with it for sure.
Thanks for the great comment!
I don't have time to commit to development, but I'm certainly interested in hearing about the project. You may be new, but you're already jumping in with valuable contributions. Some people who have been here a while still aren't doing that. Besides, "Luke" is a great name. ;)
Depending on who you get flagged by, it could be a bade of honor. :) I may not not increase the number next to your name, but if you're truly working to benefit the value of the network, investors and users alike will reward that approach. Besides, most people around here realize the number isn't really a healthy measure of reputation. Some people who irrationally flag others and self vote have high reputations by number than what the community at large might give them.
Good to hear - do you use Steemit Chat? I'd be happy to tell you about all of what im doing there, there's a bit much for one comment! Thank you, I'm definitely trying anyway - going to keep trying to grow the project, and once we get enough delegations, the Blogger's Hub should really start to take shape!
I agree with you that high reputations aren't clear representatives of actual reputation, but still, I feel that before I do anything too drastic, I should grow my community reputation more too. I've been thinking of running a witness server, and maybe some sort of program that can help solve these issues can be my contribution to the platform - I will definitely have a think about it anyway. And I agree, it's a pretty good name - coincidentally ;)
Yeah, I'm there and on discord. I get approached daily for support of various projects, as you can imagine, so I recommend mostly just building your thing. I like hearing updates about stuff that helps the community though.
Sounds good. Yeah I understand, Will definitely keep you updated!