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     7 years ago (edited)

    Great explanation! I was thinking about writing something like this and now I don't have to. (Maybe I still will... we have overlapping audience but maybe I will attract some readers that miss yours.)

    I never heard anyone complain the received an upvote increasing their potential rewards on their content.

    This has happened to us at SBI, actually. In most cases it was because somebody didn't understand how curation works - "Your upvotes are 'stealing' my curation rewards".

    In some cases it's because people somehow believe that a 100% voluntary self/crowdfunded upvote subscription is somehow 'socialist' and don't want any support from it.

    And in some cases, it was because they thought others deserve it more.

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     7 years ago 

    I'm constantly amazed at how many people see a flag as "stealing".

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     7 years ago (edited)

    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.

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     7 years ago 

    If someone has a lot of SP, then he keeps flagging users' posts and also upvoting himself, is he going to get all the rewards from the pool?

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     7 years ago 

    Very well said. We seriously need more education on the use of downvotes and what they actually mean. “Unjustified” downvotes and how to respond included.

    I agree with whatsup, it seems many are also confusing the current discussion. A UI change has nothing to do with what downvotes do or how they work, just how they are displayed on the front end 🙂

    I say we need more brightly colored, flashing, informative pop ups 😜

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     7 years ago 

    Good one Marky and as part of the current conversation we are going to have to explain that the UI is different than the blockchain rules and simply a way to display what the blockchain does.