Interesting. So I have never used the flag but i probably should from time to time. I have always thought that making sure that one upvotes good posts and good comments, it would be enough to encourage good content.
However, if spammers are making a living spamming, and 'draining resources' than I see your side of the argument.
It's certainly a huge issue that our little market of liberty will have to sort out.
I am very interested in who has the moral high ground here...? Thoughts?
Who has the moral highground? If we all hold STEEM we all own this blockchain. If Bob posts an article on the blockchain, is it wrong that Alice posts a comment "Nice Post!" On the blockchain under Bob's post?
What would a free-market @arbitrator do in a case where a guy with 100,000 SP gets flagged for a "nice post" comment... Then proceeds to flag the flagger down into oblivion?
I don't have a good answer for that. @mattclarke offers a nice partial solution elsewhere in this thread
If the only posts that Alice makes is "Nice Post", and she is hitting every post on the new tab with that comment, I'd say she is spamming.
OTOH, it is possible that Alice liked the post, and just couldn't find anything to write past that simple sentence...
so in the interest of helping Alice with her next comment, and hoping jerks like me don't flag her back to the Flintstones, I offer:
How to comment on a post past "Great Post!"
In fact, I will add that to the main post in the hope it can help new Steemers who want to contribute
encouraging good content = carrot
flagging spam = stick
it takes resources for each post/comment made; blockchain records require space, and electricity to spin
there is a difference between folks who are used to other social media, and folks who spam.
my perfect example is the guy I flagged on this post downthread; he didnt even bother reading the post LOL