RE: Is There A Whale War Going on In Steemit?
I think this type of outward facing discord amongst adults is terribly distasteful. If there is serious issue it should be taken up in chat instead of being put out for the world to see. When newbies are coming onboard the last thing they want to see is a platform exploding from the top down...No one will stick around for that.
I also do that believe flags should be thrown around just because there is disagreement. In my opinion, they should be used only when harm is being done. Otherwise we end up with a community that uses the flags as revenge, or a way to eliminate whales reputations and it's going to be abused. What if I flag you just because I'm jealous that you got more votes than me on content. If the flagging accounts are abusing the flag then they need to be handled. If it's a serious disagreement then it should be handled privately or in a chat environment so that everyone understand the resolution.
me, too.
But I do see a need for the flags. In the case of the person I continue to flag, it is because I do not agree with monetarily rewarding someone who is a con artist. There has to be some mechanism for reducing rewards that is separate from flagging for abuse.
I think there is a need for a separate downvote option. Give a post a frowny-face with no reward penalty to show disapproval without being punitive or abusive.
I'm ready for that.
Oh I completely agree that there is a need for flags. I think that there should be further tools that can be implemented as a community when it comes to con artists, scammers, and the like. Maybe a community board of shame where the community can come together and vote against accounts that have been proven to be scamming the system and eliminate them altogether. I don't know, but I do think we need options to deal with those particular issues as well.
cheetah and the steemcleaners do a great job actually. I think they are handling the spam, plagiarists...
what I am talking about is someone who is a real con artist in the real world...
I saw cheetah upvote a post that was a complete copy of another website earlier...perhaps it was ok because the poster did share the website as well but it definitely was not original content. I guess there aren't really any rules against sharing content from other places so long as it's stated.
A real con artist...well that would definitely be grounds for flagging.
The flagging accounts are whale-owned accounts. There is so far no method in place for dealing with abusive whales.
That's one problem, right? There should be a tool as well to protect people from abusive flags...for minnows and whales alike.
there's nothing to protect one from a whale.
Well, that kind of eliminates the idea of being decentralized then, doesn't it?
yes