Yes, give downvotes equal power to upvotes and let's see if the abusers win, or if the community defends itself.
Negative curation should pay just like positive curation, imo.
If the community doesn't defend itself from abuse, then it earned its failure.
There are, actually, amusing ways around such flags.
Do tell?
Retribution is always after the event, is it not better to design a system whereby less flagging is needed because perceived abuse is less profitable?
Eg, voting rings are less visible to most users but are a content-less drain on rewards. Flagging can be done by dedicated sentinels, but needs SP to keep it going. Would it not be better to design a system whereby such votes drain their power more quickly, thereby making them less profitable?
What do you mean by giving downvotes "equal power"? You mean get curation rewards for flagging?
If we arent getting back the n2 proof of brain, then downvotes should be same same with upvotes and flags used for abuse.
Curation is positive, and negative.
Steem is open to abuse by design, if we don't want it abused we have to defend it.
By design.
That design was getting worked out by the guy that designed it until an appeal to authority rekt it, two years ago.