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I've explained why I vote the way I do in other places, but I do understand your perspective sneak.
The guidelines for downvoting were changed to be much looser just a few days ago and it no longer means what it used to. The flag icon just adds to the confusion and should be removed, after which the strenght of some users downvotes should be lowered.

Busy.org are also working on separating the flag from the downvote, so you can have both options. That would probably be the best way.

Be well,

/Thomas

The guidelines are not relevant; what you're doing is rude. That is a subjective assessment.

I hope that you stop being rude to new users because of your own personal opinions about the allocation of minuscule amounts of money. It's ridiculous and unwelcoming.

The guidelines are not relevant; what you're doing is rude. . .

. . . you['re] . . . being rude to new users because of your own personal opinions about the allocation of minuscule amounts of money. It's ridiculous and unwelcoming.

I very respectfully disagree with everything quoted.

I will continue not being intentionally rude to anyone, but new users on a platform that still hasn't left beta testing yet will need thicker skin than users on other platforms.

I'm not breaking any rules that I've signed up to adhere to on this platform and economically speaking I've so far also not lowered the reputation of a user or in any essential way even the rewards for a specific post.

To add to this, I only found this post by scrolling down the trending page. It was doing very well already and still is.

The flag icon just adds to the confusion and should be removed, after which the strenght of some users downvotes should be lowered.

I don't agree with this at all. I think the correct response to not liking something on steemit (with the exception of spam or low-value repetition) is to move on to other posts. Very rarely should posts or comments that are not part of a larger pattern ever be flagged/downvoted.

I might just one day for fun make the flag button on steemit.com appear to work, but actually just mute the user.