You make a good point regarding using steemit, inc's delegation to flag. I hadn't considered that part.

Still, I feel it would be a good culture change to teach new users that flags happen and are a normal part of life on SteemIt, instead of reinforcing the idea that flags are bad and wrong and should envoke a negative response.

They are just a tool for curation and can be used as often as upvotes.

I do appreciate the points you make.