Many of you have probably heard of gossip magazines. People read them to find out about gossip. Who's flagging who etc. Humans naturally want to read this stuff for some reason. Check out this post from 3 months ago.
I saw the flagging wars at steemit which involves
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. And this is what i am going to talk about in this post.
To a user like me, yes, it seems juicy to have such political squabbles and flag wars. Some steemians have stated that it is childish and trolls and such. But I don't really think so. In fact, i think it may even help retain users, especially the nosy ones. Just some reasons below
-From the post above.
Did you know that
Who are the modern players? There are too many to name, but here are some memes and pics showing a few of the recent characters involved that have captured my attention with their war stories.
He is currently on -3 reputation. He could have confronted flags with upvotes, but the pull of the Flag Wars was too strong.
“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” - Sun Tzu
Next we have 
“Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain.” - Sun Tzu
“Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.” - Sun Tzu
There are more people involved than that, but I'm all out of memes...
If you check out the views on flagging/flag wars related content you may notice that the views are high. If Flag Wars are supposedly bad, why are so many people interested? How many people did you meet on the battlefield? Would we have remained cold hard sexy automatons if trial by Flag War hadn't rebirthed us as natural human beings?
Top flag wars search shows How to Find Flag Wars with Ruby by 
Anyway have a search for yourself. See what you find. I know that I only have to look to my feed to find flag war related material. It is a large ecosystem. Some people are engaged in Flag Wars, others are engaged in talking about the Flag Wars, some people talk about solutions, others talk about the childishness of it, Flag War niches for everyone, etc etc.
The Flag Wars have overtime brought people together from all sides. Steemit/Busy currently do not have communities, but for now the Flag Wars have acted as a catalyst in building communities and strengthening our blockchain.
More @VOTU Flag War related media.
You might be thinking that the Flag Wars drove people away, but they didn't.
The drop in rewards did not lose us traffic and creation; receiving less than before/loss aversion did.
Are the Flag Wars a false flag to distract us because we are too impatient for the Fully Asynchronous Blockchain Rendering with Independent Conformity (FABRIC).
What does Steemit need right now? Patience! But people don't have patience these days. We know how easy it is to design for web 2.0 and implement something like Steemit, but we forget that this is blockchain technology.
What does Steemit need right now? Flag Wars to entertain us and keep us distracted as our beautiful developers work hard.
“Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary moment — that which they cannot anticipate.” - Sun Tzu
All I know is I want my Flag Wars t-shirt.
@RiskDebonair
Flag War Scientist