What is your personal definition of what would be a trash post on Steemit?
The ones I would classify here are one sentence with nothing more, only a video linking to another person's site (and NOT sourced or given credit), only a picture with no description (not the photo challenges that require you NOT to add text).
If I want to see memes and nothing else, wouldn't I still be on twitter?
I don't know but I can say I prefer to read text and have facts backing it up; if at all possible.
I too do not like those types of posts, but I did a lot of thinking about who would do a post like that.
1 - people who don't speak English
2 - people who have no idea what they are doing and need a little help find their "voice"
3 - people who have bots or who are using a bot service for upvotes and are just lazy.
I don't like the 3rd category at all. But I think people from the first 2 categories need help, not being banned.
I think it falls under category #3, but I believe there could be groups of people working some sort of upvote circle/scheme, milking the system and then when people see the post has made $100 or more, they feel the need to jump on board, which just helps to perpetuate the system.
I just don't see a way to ban one without banning all 3.
Totally agree, some people really needs a bit of help to understand how steemit and all this thing works.
I feel bad cause well some of them are flagged but well, we cant do much more i think, i usually tell them to add some words in their posts, or sometimes i told them to add a pic, as a thumnail.
Anyways have a good day ladyes.
We need a "Dummies Guide to Steemit". I keep reading everything I can get my hands on to read and still feel like I don't understand 90% of it, lol.
Same here. It would be nice to have one for reference
I think the flagging has started to get out of hand sometimes. More like a personal vendetta
I have no problem with people who are learning English and learning to write English as to reach the larger number of members here. Yes, a language barrier can make it difficult to read a post, but I do.
The bots are the ones that I don't and can't completely understand.
If you copy/paste, at least use quote sourcing or out it in quotes using the > before the words
That is how I do it.
I don't know, sometimes I think this can be a touchy topic. There are people attempting to reach the mass audience by using English and I applaud them for at least trying, but when you have people spamming the feed, it's time to say goodbye to the follow.
You are right, it is a touchy topic. But some of the ideas I am reading are not something I want to see happen. I have a growing list of muted people. I disagree with what they were posting, but there was nothing illegal about it, and I feel they had a right to say it. I just don't want to see it, lol.
A lot of it all comes from just a few tags. I really wish we could mute tags. That would help a lot.
Yes muting tags could be beneficial