Every Flag is:
The worst flag offenders: opinion flagging
Every flag is opinion flagging. there are very few cases outside of blatant plagiarism that is not OPINION based when a flag is given.
Flagging because of Bid Bot use is opinion flagging, flagging because a post is over valued is opinion flagging.
Flagging does not work and is a broken system. A person that buys beer because it is legal to buy should not have to confront a horde of Anti DWI mothers when they come out of the liquor store. Buying beer is legal, just like buying votes from people that want to sell them.
If people are so concerned over the payout of post, then fix the downvote system.
Require a choice when deciding to down vote
a. Poster
b. VoterIf poster is chosen then a comment MUST be left as to why the post was down voted. This simple act would slow the vigilante style down voting,
If the voter is chosen, then the destruction of Steemit reputation is done to the voter that gave the highest vote amount.
If you do not like bid bots then down vote the bot not the person that choice to exercise their freedom of choice. They chose to partake in an operation that is legal on steemit. No different than choosing to drink a beer.
You realize downvotes are legal?
You going to summon the mighty and angry smidge.
You realize I did not say they were not???? That I understand the down vote system, and that according to the FAQ on steemit "Users are allowed to downvote for any reason that they want."
Down votes Flag button:
The down vote system is broken and has never worked the way some people envision it to work.
You and I hope other reading your post, do understand that buying of votes is a standard practice among many people on steem block chain, and unless people are able to have an effect on the sellers there is always going to be people selling their vote. Once again almost all down votes are because of Opinion and has nothing to do with decreasing or returning rewards to the reward pool.
All the free down votes are going to do is allow for people to have more opinionated down voting.
How you came to the conclusion that I did not think that downvoting was legal, from my comment is far beyond my ability to imagine.
As a common practice I leave a note or image explaining the downvote if it hasn't been explained already. I feel it's just as important to the OP as it is to the casual onlooker.
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I completely agree with you on this one, @bashadow.
Except when something is clearly plagiarism, who am I to decided whether a post deserves the rewards it gets. Whether or not something is quality content is subjective.
That's the whole point of the platform. YOU decide.