How would you address the bullying that goes on between certain accounts using their steempower to settle personal differences? That is steempower that could be used otherwise to enrich the community. Also there are some accounts with so much steempower that only a fool would flag their content no matter what they posted. They could obliterate you in return. Wouldn't it serve steem and steemit better to empower more bonafide curators and then let the cards lie where they lie? Or to agree on a hardfork that resulted in a more equitable distribution of rewards. We must work a balance to encourage newbies but not chase the whales away. I appreciate flagging in its effectiveness dealing with trolls and spam. I really do. But the infighting it fosters does nothing to help our reputation and encourage more investors, be they investing blogs, time, or money. Growing our presence should take first priority. Everyone wins in that scenario.
I am not a fan of emotional flags. As I said above I believe my flags are for the good of the platform and I use that as a metric when I flag. There are so many people I would love to flag but I practice restraint.
Ideally good curators should be able to effectively distribute rewards but unfortunately it’s hard to put enough Steem Power in their hands as it means someone will lose a lot of potential rewards to make that happen and with the current state of affairs few what to do that.
If you were any more full of shit the USA would have to label you "organic fertilizer"!
There is the rub but probably also the best way forward. I appreciate your response:) Thank you:)