Flagging introduces extra problems. It's better to not introduce extra problems. "Plagiarism" isn't a problem, per se, but it sure does piss people off. Besides, if people truly love the author, they won't follow those who plagiarized. After all, plagiarism brings unexpected benefits to the author--the author can reach more followers by commenting on the plagiarized articles (and of course voting their comment up!), and the author will be rewarded for calling out the plagiarizer! I saw a girl make $1,000 USD doing this. During her complaint, she forgot to be thankful :) Besides, if an author's comment does well on the plagiarized post, technically they ALSO get rewards. It's a win-win! Plagiarism isn't a problem in STEEM--it's a problem in the old-style world of content and media.
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so you are fine with people taking rewards out of the pool with stolen content?
or worse, as in the link i mentioned initially, without content at all and just a laborious scheme and fake-accounts!?
We all understand that this provides a larger opportunity for the one who was plagiarized, and TECHNICALLY, someone who is also promoting your brand and content should get paid for their effort to do so!
Fake accounts are going to happen. It is not something to solve at the protocol level. The protocol needs to be COMPLETELY neutral...and then allow the protocol services to decide what to censure from users. I say this from experience in the crypto world... this tends to be a good thing. Nothing wrong with neutrality--you cannot make everyone happy, and in this new world we are heading towards, we are sick of censorship. Aren't we?
I believe we both agree that:
yes, we DO agree on that!
but beyond plagiarism, there's still that problem with fake accounts.