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RE: The Behaviour That Hurts Steem – What To Avoid As a Curator
I see so many bot spam posts and often wonder if I should flag them, but I don't know what the ripple effect of doing this would be. would I cause the OP an issue? will i become under attack for flagging spam? I think many of us genuinely worry about causing a negative issue by flagging so maybe it would be helpful if someone could explain what exactly happens when you flag?
I have been actively flagging spamming bots. I can guarantee this, if the user is in need of automating such a bot in order to get reward, he doesn’t have any value. You anyway have to check the account, so you can as well check the SP of the account right away.
If everyone was worried to use the flag, there wouldn’t be any censorship on the page and anyone could devolve the value of the token with any given harmful activity. People need to step up and be against morally wrong actions in any environment they are in, be it real life or Steemit.
There are newbies who innocently ask to be followed or to have their post read, but recently I even had someone link to an offsite blog.
I share your concern and unease about flagging. I haven't done it yet, but I too have thought about it.