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RE: [Condenser] Replace Flag Function With Downvote

in #utopian-io7 years ago (edited)

I agree and have written articles to that end as well.. Feel free to read..

https://steemit.com/steemcleaners/@pawsdog/steemcleaners-useful-fallacy-or-wasted-effort

https://steemit.com/steemit/@pawsdog/steemians-need-to-downvote-more

While I do think that it would be more difficult to retaliate against 1000 users it is hard to get 1000 users to downvote or get any users to downvote in the lower levels for fear of retaliation which I why I think anonymity would be good idea. I likewise think that we should keep a "flag" for illicit or illegal content and have a simple thumbs up or down for the article next to each other below the article and with equal weight.

At current I believe there lies a stigma to down voting someone as you come of like a jerk, or you put yourself on the radar for them to come after you etc.

As to whose vote is more abusive, I believe that is subjective. I think your 4 dollar vote is mehh.. if you upvote your own articles and original content, or if you split it with other users as well (as you have done.. thank you).. However if you just start posting thank you to every comment and upvoting it hundreds of times, it would be abusive. Much likely lies with intent and the outward perception of your actions. To use the legal standard of "would a reasonable person" assume the actions to have intent to defraud the system behind them.

As always one person can bring the issue up and if it is viewed as gaming the system then the community engages in flag wars or negative reinforcement until the problem is rectified. Luckily we are in BETA and hopefully a solution can be implemented to address these critical issues.

Lastly with the rampant use of bots, retaliation against a large number of users would not be that difficult for someone with sufficient SP.