I observed the above yes and this was where I noticed the @blacklist-a account.
So what 'rule' do you think you broke of the above? 'and so on' is my best guess!
Why did that cross my mind too?
No worries, sorry about the flags.
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It is what it is I guess, it's a shame because I've broke none of the rules.
I've never plagiarised, always give credit for research/pictures used in posts, don't abuse people even when I've been abused , I only ever post 1-2 articles a week and always provide long informative articles that take a lot of work to put together, I've never used a flag myself not once in all the time I've been here again even when it would be justified as I believe in not rewarding something I don't like or agree with rather than removing rewards for a difference of opinion.
Only one of flaggers left a comment on the post Which was a personal insult that someone else flagged
I did contact another one and asked for the reason for the flag and was told 'disagreement of rewards' and 'don't worry about it' so that was that, nothing I can do.
I personally don't concern myself with other people's rewards, it's none of my business, I don't always agree with some of the lower content/quality posts earning high rewards however the owners of the accounts have either worked really hard to get where they are or have invested in Steem heavily so who am I to judge what they do?
What disturbs me the most though is that Steemit is being seen as a place that the alt-media and truthers can come to disseminate information being demonitized and censored on other platforms now and while I understand that not everyone is going to agree with all the information given in posts of that type I feel it's starting to look like there are some here that would use the standard reasons for flags as a way of censoring or punishing those who want to try and help create a better world. If that is the case it will stop the explosion of quality journalists arriving or make them rethink their presence here which would be a sad day.
Personally I would do away with the flag system in its current format and change it so it only affected reputation plus the flag would only work if a comment explaining its reason is left, remove vote buying and self voting. At least that way it would hopefully stop tit for tat flag wars and potential 'jealously or difference of opinion flags'. I'm not very technical so I don't even know if that is possible it's just my take on it.
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You work very hard on your posts, and imo there aren't enough of them! You only post once a week at the maximum. You deserve the rewards that are bestowed upon your blogs. Sorry this is happening, it's such bullshit.
Thanks babe.
@tremendospercy, I concur with @lyndsaybowes. The work you put into posts along with the credits is stellar. If anything, this has put you back on my "little VP for now" radar as someone I need to do a better job supporting. I always leave your posts with extra creases in my grey matter. LOL.
Thanks @abh12345 for sharing the nuances of Steem that you discover with us and for always being there to answer my gazillion questions.
yup, that is every bit as pernicious and the shadow bans at Twitter
Exactly
We need a conspiracy theory bot to go upvote all the conspiracy theory posts as much as that bot downvotes them
You did not make any violations, but you, all the same, were blacklisted. So, before writing the truth about the Steemit system, now all users need to think carefully. For such comments they can be punished - entered in the black list of Steemit. Hence, here, as in real life, there is no freedom of speech and scoff at innocent users. I'm unpleasantly surprised. If users themselves do not try to change this situation, Steemit will turn into a hidden virtual dictator: ((
The flag system is definitely broken, because it encourages tit for tat, agreed. (Followed.)
We simply need more quality curators with high SP who can upvote other content, to decrease payout to low quality content. The rewards pool is fixed, after all. (I'll try to get the MathOverflow community on here, if LaTeX via MathJax or KaTeX is enabled.)
That said, I have some idea why Ned and Dan implemented flagging originally; it immediately, rather than over time, decreases the rewards for poor quality content. (Like this blacklist itself! If Steem, Inc. flagged it, good. That blacklist, with Ned, Dan, Jerry, you, other well known members on it, is clearly extortion of some sort.)