I've outlined some solutions that I thought of in a post a while back.
It's impossible to outright fix the problem, but there are ways to make it more difficult and less rewarding to accomplish.
You can argue that people are allowed to use their stake however they wish, but there is also the curation mechanic that pulls even more people towards the sinkhole- further rewarding the corrupt and corrupting the otherwise honorable.
If it wasn't such a dangerous proposition, I would recommend a portion of the curation pool to be rewarded to flagging as well. However that just repeats the same issue in an equal and opposite fashion....
I actually think "flag curation" might be a good thing, if I flag something that is a bad behavior... and others join me... Why shouldn't that earn something? Aren't we helping the site?
Would be an interesting discussion.
Because it's a slippery slope. The mass flag abusers would get rewarded. I think that's a dangerous opportunity haha
That's true. lol. It could be entertaining, however. The wailing, the moaning, the upset... That might have been interesting.
It would sure give us something to post about ;-)