It's so much more fun to disagree. With inteligence and arguments of course.
The problem with the flag war for the small people is that, no one want to take the first shot. Especially when that shot will probably kill you.
There is the need of some support of most of the big guys, specially to heal the wounds caused by the fire.
Let's put this situation on a frame of a true war:
There will be casualties, yes, but there is also the medics.
The majority of the common people (in this case, us minnows), will only stand up an fight if there is enough support from those who actually have big powers.
If you are a big whale but dont want to be on the aggressive side of the war (flaggin), the least you should do is to mitigate the damage caused by the war. Find people that suffered collateral damage, and give them big upvotes to help them recover from their wounds.
That simple action would actually encourage the low power people to fight for what they believe.
Be the red cross, and help the wounded.
A lot of great comments here in this section, you're one of them... you get it.
The problem is that the whales who can do something about it stick their heads in the sand. The whale I talked with was the abused party and even him/her (not revealing identity) just said wanted no troubles.
Everyone just shrinks when it comes to them, instead of lashing out.
A Shame.
Like i said, you inspired me. Check my latest post. Resteem it if you like it. Maybe some whales will get the message and at least do something to mitigate the collateral damage.
I already went to see it and vote on it... you mentioned a lot of people there... luckilly no one from there is a flagger :p
Well, If someone flag a post like that that kind of shows How much of a Dick that person is...
But i mostly marked the people that i already Saw that dont want to get involved.
It is great to express different opinions, it helps us all grow. There are several ways to go about doing it. Some ways are more constructive than others. I find it better to be polite rather than tell someone their idea is bad, without providing reason and then hitting them with 150 SBD downvote. Instead a constructive conversation can be started. If someone believes an idea is flawed, they should tell that person why they believe that is the case. The person can then respond. It is possible the idea is flawed or may still require further articulation or to some extent be incomplete. If there is no meaningful dialogue then nothing constructive can be achieved.
Someone mentioned about having a dislike button as well as flag button. The dislike button could be used as indication of how many people disagree or do not like a post. While the flag button should be used to highlight abuse. This approach could encourage more input and more balanced feedback. Also disliking is less aggressive than flagging and probably less likely to start a fight.
I like the Idea of two "downvoting" buttons.
But should the downvote also reduce rewards? What u think?
The problem is that most of the people nowdays don't want to discuss. Just want to "prove" that he is right.