Hi @rhondak, I read the post by @writersblock regarding the recent flagging incident and he pointed me to your post which summed up the situation. It feels like we are in need of some Steemit Neutrality where users have some basic rights! I am not saying that there is a solution, but I do hope and advocate for some form of arbitration while a long term viable solution is available. What is your opinion on this?
https://steemit.com/dispute-resolution/@plushzilla/resolving-conflicts-the-steemian-way-a-proposal-for-arbitration-on-steemit
I read your post, and since the Writers' Block has recently successfully implemented arbitration, naturally I'm a fan of the process. I'm not sure the idea would translate well to the Steemit ecology, though, with its decentralized structure. I'm not qualified to talk about this in any detail, but I think it's a valid question to ask the community, as long as we manage our expectations about the answers.
I suspect arbitration, as well as other modalities, can improve success for those that are able to adapt to it.
A feature of political entities is that power tends to accrue to avarice, regardless of the economy underlying society, and, while Steemit undeniably was envisioned as a thrust towards a society that transcended political machinations, I am hesitant to ascribe to it potential to do so.
Society(s) will attain to ever increasingly functional mechanisms, and Steemit is a potentially transcendent platform, but the extant obscurity of rational society is a seemingly insurmountable impediment to it's nominal evolution.
How can we go from here to attain to some sublime and ineffable society that reflects the real needs and abilities of the people of the world in just and benign policies?
If Steemit can do this, the platform will need to remain in beta while the various forces are balanced, and the opacity of both the journey, and the goal, will ensure that isn't brief.
I doubt TPTB at Stinc are prepared for that transformation, even if it's their purpose. I reckon they have more practical, finite goals that reflect their personal economic realities.
Would you be able to point me in the right direction or person to talk about this? I understand that teams or groups within steemit might have their own processes, but I wonder what happens on steemit at a level that involves different groups, or between investors and creators, or whales and minnow, etc... I think the lack of consensus on a range of issues requires some 'prior cases' that can be used to set general expectations around what the 'expected' behaviour should be, given the wide range of cultures and audiences that we need to cater for.