Flag'a'Whale CircleJerk Flag Campaign Final Results + Rewards Sent

in #utopian-io6 years ago

Some of you may remember but FAW conducted a flag campaign earlier this year after observing circlejerk activity from user @gcalex. The results are in!


How does one positively identify a circlejerk? Generally, when you notice the same user continuosly voting another with the same weight regardless of the content. Good chance that you stumbled on a circlejerk. If you notice transfers after voting, good chance it's a collusive vote farming operation but the lack thereof does not preclude it from being a circlejerk and we flag circlejerks 'round these parts.

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As you know, @flagawhale isn't bashful about putting a light on blockchain abuse. Revenge flags or not. Flagawhale and our supporters will continue to be the adversaries of short-sighted scheming. We initially started a campaign against this ring and it appeared successful after @fulltimegeek and his bots had responded. It didn't last long though as the account was observed back to the same pattern after a short period.

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After seeing this, I've had enough and it was time to speak my mind. Comment

My comment was as follows:

You obviously care about Steem making it to coinbase but do you care about the long term success of the platform.

If so, your actions betray you. I think, if @therealwolf were to look into it, he would agree as I know for damn sure he isn't a fan of abuse.

Please, stop upvoting @jehfray's shitposts if you care about Steem holding value.

Do you think people seeing what you are doing with that account is going to instill them with confidence to invest or is the aim to give folks the illusion that they can get $7 a pop for shitposting?

Either way, you are setting a bad example and giving a poor impression of the platform. Maybe you should take all the downvotes you got from @fulltimegeek and his bot crew and rethink how you as a large stakeholder may contribute to the success of the platform instead of what you are doing currently.

It appears that the message was received loud and clear. I thought I'd likely end up getting flags since we all know revenge flagging is the favorite past time of any bad whale but that's not what happened for some reason.

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MRW I get a $6.77 upvote from the user I confronted.

At the present time, the user has appeared to refrain from voting on their vote farming accounts. Last one was from 20 days ago. They obviously didn't stop right when I told them and not going to say I told you so but...

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Steem was $0.80 USD when I gave @gcalex the admonishment to stop the circle jerk on the 3rd of November.

Steem is now $0.24. Coincidence? 🤔 I'm not serious... relax.

Ok, without further ado, below are the downvote results of those we were tracking, corresponding rank values for fun, and all that jazz!

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DownvoterSBD amountrsharesRankImage
@fulltimegeek-31.143-50616179037753F8 Hero 10 Tril
@fulltimeangel-8.375-13611730533317F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@gandalfthebrown-5.826-9468992402610F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@clvr-5.794-9416421611778F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@memen-3.936-6397277275609F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@lizardslayer-3.808-6187568490135F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@yourholiness-3.737-6073933128633F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@supersoldier-3.138-5100236416122F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@donkeyslayer-2.915-4737179724342F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@goldenchild-2.031-3301214591970F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltime-2.031-3300716884752F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@justperfect-1.962-3188790563680F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@townmayor-1.805-2934769098172F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@exterminator-1.693-2751689275085F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@animalcontrol-1.58-2568210404290F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot44-1.568-2547856026605F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot4-1.505-2446706960205F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot37-1.504-2443146655904F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot14-1.491-2423213055241F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot21-1.428-2321483464745F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot58-1.428-2320227473547F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot31-1.427-2318859650121F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot5-1.355-2201813233776F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot2-1.355-2201194623581F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot11-1.355-2201169053656F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot72-1.348-2191899740148F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot8-1.279-2079426566490F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@dramaking-1.271-2065782633395F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot30-1.253-2037402799235F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot17-1.202-1954868030677F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot43-1.202-1953891317198F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot63-1.198-1948355471056F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot73-1.199-1948355310288F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot22-1.164-1890722940182F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot23-1.16-1884607702062F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot1-1.152-1871968653536F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot10-1.128-1834024591269F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot48-1.127-1831768408081F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot47-1.127-1831762834959F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot66-1.124-1826583203895F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot68-1.123-1826583173760F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot64-1.122-1823538935319F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@perfectstorm-1.113-1808173175104F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@poisoncontrol-1.109-1802398769805F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot35-1.108-1799358915872F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot-1.074-1745366329947F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot3-1.053-1712392862035F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot19-1.053-1710881395777F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot29-1.053-1710853436900F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot20-1.053-1710789713864F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot41-1.052-1709895063996F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot49-1.052-1709743287556F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot52-1.051-1709630358124F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot60-1.051-1709365336551F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot62-1.049-1704811052798F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot75-1.049-1704810871526F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot9-1-1625376834285F7 Bow Master 1 Tril
@fulltimebot28-0.977-1588504598990F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot33-0.978-1588192713343F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot51-0.977-1587697431593F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot55-0.977-1587431842344F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot54-0.977-1587095037863F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot69-0.974-1583038736084F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot74-0.974-1583038680912F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot6-0.903-1467629874732F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot15-0.903-1466712801831F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot40-0.902-1466213202024F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot42-0.902-1465608220068F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot50-0.902-1465006780536F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot53-0.874-1419025868318F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot25-0.834-1354076172042F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot12-0.828-1344806319910F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot16-0.827-1344510518879F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot24-0.827-1344454128347F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot32-0.827-1343792262865F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot38-0.826-1343730398527F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot59-0.826-1343520943644F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot56-0.827-1343516638453F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot45-0.826-1343400975741F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot57-0.826-1342997405154F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot67-0.824-1339494339700F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot36-0.82-1331420779009F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot7-0.776-1262337472981F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot26-0.752-1221753836804F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot34-0.752-1221692456636F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot46-0.751-1221407210450F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot65-0.75-1217722147090F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot70-0.749-1217722095750F6 Mage 100 Bil
@lyndsaybowes-0.69-1121072058081F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot13-0.677-1100117505996F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot27-0.677-1099712507730F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot18-0.662-1075708703168F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot39-0.63-1024288298193F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot61-0.6-974177751600F6 Mage 100 Bil
@fulltimebot71-0.6-974177669456F6 Mage 100 Bil
@hendrix22-0.517-840536142683F6 Mage 100 Bil
@anthonyadavisii-0.383-621968360338F6 Mage 100 Bil
@steevc-0.333-541812746245F6 Mage 100 Bil
@flagawhale-0.304-492887040186F6 Mage 100 Bil
@cheetah-0.173-281389964642F6 Mage 100 Bil
@church-of-piglet-0.102-166026832139F6 Mage 100 Bil
@soma909-0.048-77768740283F5 BirdMan 10 Bil
@sco-0.034-54449534867F5 BirdMan 10 Bil
@neutralizer-0.027-44104128660F5 BirdMan 10 Bil
@noblebot-0.025-40722094551F5 BirdMan 10 Bil
@mack-botjr-0.025-39909492124F5 BirdMan 10 Bil
@shaunmza-0.023-38125312464F5 BirdMan 10 Bil
@ocrdu-0.018-29087972223F5 BirdMan 10 Bil
@ayasha-0.014-22490916579F5 BirdMan 10 Bil
@bitfiend-0.013-20535081170F5 BirdMan 10 Bil
@wholeself-in-0.011-18459223120F5 BirdMan 10 Bil
@jlsplatts-0.01-15505152615F5 BirdMan 10 Bil
@viraldrome-0.009-14121869275F5 BirdMan 10 Bil
@samueldouglas-0.007-11691980170F5 BirdMan 10 Bil
@enforcer48-0.004-7183121271F4 Knight 1 Bil
@diezeldiddy-0.004-6800857784F4 Knight 1 Bil
@blacklist-a0-1417009422F4 Knight 1 Bil
@germanschnitzel-0.001-1206685604F3 Swordsman 100 Mil
@jason-bilevitz0-633875237F3 Swordsman 100 Mil
@thisflagisfor0-396337418F3 Swordsman 100 Mil
@givemeadrink0-266077142F3 Swordsman 100 Mil
@prowler0-224632210F3 Swordsman 100 Mil

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The above report was created using a modified version of the following repository. A little birdy told me there should be a push request coming in soon for adding functionality. 🐤

That's all I got. Have a spectacular weekend. Don't spend too much time looking at the crypto charts. Maybe go spend some time outside! Peace ✌️

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Greetings coordinators of @flagawhale,

Last time I checked, @gcalex has delegated most of their SP to support the @partiko dapp.

At the time of this review, I do not observe any continual posts from either @tybodfish or @jehfray.

The skirmish you described is not something I would recommend for average Steemians.

In our current situation, we need larger stakeholders to help build the platform. This is true with the revelation that we cannot depend on Steemit, Inc.


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I am glad to see @gcalex saw this scenario as a wake up call to pitch in the effort before it's too late.

This is why I'm thankful Smoke doesn't have delegations.

If you want to contribute to a DAPP in smoke you have to send them fiat or send them smoke , you can't delegate smoke power. Delegations create incentives for silence. Not that you or utopian did anything . I like you guys.

Personally, I think using the reward pool to fund project is silly. If that project cannot be profitable with a stream of revenue, or subsidized through some entity's pocket, I feel it probably shouldn't exist.

I came to that conclusion a really long time ago. That's why we have monthly Steem subscriptions. The blockchain is all about an exchange of value. Say you created a really nice post, I can give some value to you through an upvote. But say I host content on servers for you, that may be worth actually investing USD to buy steem to pay me correct?

Thank you for your review, @enforcer48! Keep up the good work!

There are so many people cynically taking money out of Steem for no effort. They really don't care about the community and I think they are fair game for flagging, if you have the SP and nerve to do it.

Flagging is not for those with weak stomach.

I don't remember who @tybodish and @jehfray are but if I flagged them I am sure it was for a good reason

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Please remove your flag from my post I have updated it and it will not happen again I did not know I could not share a screenshot from coinmarketcap with out sharing the link it won't happen again please remove your flag thanks @kgakakillerg

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I find you and your glorification of putting people down repulsive

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