You are right, but what could be a solution for this problem? Flags feature have to exist here (spam, plagiarism etc.), but it can lead to a similar situation as you are talking about. I, personally, have no clue how to fix this issue.
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I don't have a solution either, as the best solution would be if people stopped being huge dicks to each other. But will that happen? Unlikely.
Maybe a feature where one could just "report" spam which is then checked by someone official? It would take the power away from abusers but would also make everything less decentralized...
And of course you'd need someone (better a whole team, like steemcleaners) to do that. Who pays for this?
I think as long as steemit is a decentralized and (practically) free service, there is no real better solution. Not without making a lot of people very angry.
And it's the angry people that are fucking everything up right now for everyone else.
I imagine it could potentially be a democratic system like the witnesses here. People can be voted into position as cleaners and they get income based on their actions keeping track of the reports. It would certainly be a big job though, but require less 'expertise' like a witness so more would be available to take part.
I don't expect such a thing to happen based on steemit's track record, but one can dream
It actually sounds like a viable option!
An easy solution could be to make flagging a post cost 10% of your total VP, this will make flagging less likely to happen unless it is really needed. Also VP given back in a reverse fashion if many flag the same item. So 1st flagger loses 10% and when the second person flags the 1st flagger gets back .25% VP.
I don't think to many are going to want to give up 10% of their VP for something that they just don't like. Also another feature could be a drop down that makes you choose why you flagged the post. So you have to state why you flagged it. If someone clicks plagiarism as their reason and it was not plagiarized then the flag gets removed. There are many ways to solve the problem it just takes a majority want to implement the change.
That's a good idea. I think the technical solution combined with consequences and give reason for flagging would take out much of the emotions.
When you say "it takes a majority" - what will happen when this majority would vote for your solution? And who is in charge?
In our German steemit community I just recently supported a member who has programmed a really good application as a service for the users Steemworld.
If this is just a technical problem, it would be easy. But it isn't as I guess? I am not long enough a member to judge that.
I am attempting my own solution to this called @freezepeach. It is a service where people can submit opinion flags to be upvoted and resteemed. The goal isn't to reward posts that have been flagged for difference of opinion, but to neutralize the rewards taken away by the flag.
The account may look inactive on the surface since it was announced weeks ago, but there are big things happening in the background, such as custom voting tool development (to match flags exactly), delegation app to make it easy for the community to help out, and official support from the largest steemit community on discord.