After you pointed that out the last time, the post you pointed out was voted down to 0.00 before the payment window cleared. My other post on the topic which had a high payout, was also voted down to 18. (Still high compared to a lot of posts, but not excessive.)

I don't know what will happen with this post before it ends, but I really don't care.

I realize that it makes it look like I have a bias opinion, and it is hard to prove that is not the case, but I really do support the experiment because I believe it is the best thing for the platform.

I like Hive account@krnel, frequently upvote + comment on his posts, and did not support the targeting that happened to him. I told him this publicly though (on the blockchain) that I believed the reason that he got targeted was because he himself did the same thing to other users first. I was pretty sure that what was happening to him was revenge flagging.

I suppose that by supporting Hive account@smooth and Hive account@abit, that even though I am not flagging myself - it puts me in their 'camp'. If people want to revenge flag over that I suppose I am going to have to deal with that. If people want to flag me over other reasons (such as my posts making too much money) I will have to deal with that as well.

I posted my views on flagging here and those really are my views. I've been flagged a ton of times, and I've never had an issue with it. I'm still friends with most of the people that flagged me. Life moves on.

Anyway, as I said in this specific post that you are commenting on (not sure if you took the time to read it) - I do not dismiss the concerns of the people that are against the experiment. I realize that the flagging is taking a toll on the users, and that part of it is really bad for moral. If there was a better solution in front of me, I would support it in a heartbeat. Nobody has come up with one though (that I've seen, which will actually work) - so until then I support this plan.