I understand what you're saying but you can't underestimate the psychological value of a high flag count. I'm sure some people went, "oh look how many people flagged this" and just ticked that flag away without fully reading the post. In fact, to some extent I'm sure it did because some of my talks with people in #steemitabuse-classic demonstrated they didn't know there was an escrow involved and was the basis for their claim that they flagged me because I was preforming a scam. I totally understand your viewpoint and where you are coming from, and I can respect the intent but you can't assume others hold to the same standard.