What I learnt is that Steemit's 'user moderation' system just doesn't work. It just represents human nature on a smaller level, factions are created, wars are waged... You get the point. I think it's great to try and believe that people can really moderate this platform in a fair and equal way, but the Steem Power instantly removes that element of fair. Steemit needs some form of moderation.
Months ago there was a child porn problem, there's an ongoing copyright/piracy problem, there's flagging wars. The child porn by itself is enough to get this site shutdown. But what are people flagging? Oh, they're having wars instead. I do agree that the flagging is needed sometimes, and maybe in this case it was, but isn't it better to rid the platform of these bigger problems first? Oh... You can't, because you can't delete anything on the blockchain. Steemit needs some fixes. My suggestions would be:
- A maximum post payout.
- limited flags/votes each day (I'm not sure about this one).
- Content needs to be able to be deleted. This one is for certain.