RE: Can we have downvotes and at the same time prevent 'flag wars'?
I was reading this thread earlier this morning and then thinking about it while I took my morning walk. I know that some people think "let people handle it with SMTs" is a solution, but I'm thinking that just kicks the can down the road. How would an SMT handle these proof-of-brain abuse problems? Or are they going to be just as puzzled as we are about how to fix it today? Since any given SMT economy will be smaller, I think it would behoove us to figure out how people who want to launch an SMT could protect themselves from things like economic bullying. If some bright-eyed and bushy-tailed person launches an SMT for their hobby community and then an obnoxious Steem whale buys their way in to wreck the community for their own trolling amusement isn't that the kind of thing that would sour people on building things on top of Steem?
I think the distribution of SMTs could easier be to controlled within comparatively small communities with admins and experts concerning certain topics.
However, the problem which I see is where the value of all these (or at least some) SMTs would come from?
In case the SMT rewards had no real value, then I wonder what the motivation for the average user could be to change for example from facebook to STEEM?