Then you take responsibility when this guy or anyone new that you give this advice to, pisses off the wrong person with their flag and finds their account useless. And that's up to you.
As for myself, I will continue to tell people that it's a terrible way to make friends, that it's actually a great way to make enemies. If you don't think that people should use restraint when it comes to flags, then either you haven't been paying attention to what happens when people don't, or you enjoy the warzone. Flagging leads to more flagging and bad feelings on all sides. Maybe it shouldn't, but that's just the way it is.
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We have different views on flagging. I see them as downvotes, which is consistent with how the appear on the blockchain. It's the fault of Steemit Inc. for showing them as flags in the UI many moons ago.
I totally get it that it's contentious, I've seen the so-called flag wars. Flagging only leads to more flagging when people are juvenile. But this guy is free to make his own mind up and listen to whomever he wishes, hopefully himself.
I appreciate you taking the time to debate this with me in this sometimes bristling exchange of opinion.
Haha! I appreciate you lightening it up. I think you're right though, I think long ago they should have made something separate for downvotes and flags.