This has been on my mind for a long time as well. In most other communities "flagging" is reserved for offensive or illegal content that people wish to be removed from the website. Stuff that portrays violence, stuff that is NSFW etc.
Meanwhile, the reason for upvoting/ downvoting is often a way of seeing the ratio between readers who agrees/ disagrees with the writer.
Therefore there is likely a lot of confusion about what flagging actually means on steemit, as it can seem very harsh to flag someone who hasn't done something "illegal".
Just my two cents :)
Thanks for sharing your thoughts Tim
This 100%. It's very encouraging to see a growing userbase that agrees with the above and wants to adapt the UI especially.