Flagging is a NAP violation unless it's actually against aggression. It's financial aggression against private property that was given to them through upvote from private individuals. You should allow people to do what they want as long a it isn't hurting anyone else. You should allow people to be free. If you don't like a post, ignore it. If it's not up to par for you, then ignore it. Don't try to hurt people because they didn't spend all day writing a post. Some people just want to throw down some thoughts like they do on facebook! Some people have a life outside of Steemit and don't spend every waking minute on it. They're actually outside doing shit with people. They're living, having fun, getting drunk, getting laid. Maybe you need to get laid if you're so concerned about posts on Steemit.
I'm not interested in trying to control what other people post. This is cryptocurrency. It's Decentralized. It's generally where you find Freedom-minded people. It's where you find Voluntaryists.
If you want to control what people post and how they spend their money, that's communism or socialism. I hear about whether people should be allowed to buy votes from bidbots. If a person voluntarily spends their money to purchase a service from another person who voluntarily takes their money, that's Free Market. A person voluntarily uses their own money to buy something from someone who voluntarily used their money to fund a bot with Steem Power. That's Free Market. That's free association. That's Freedom.
If somebody voluntarily uses their money to buy votes and then you try to hurt them because you think it doesn't deserve to be that much, you are aggressing against them. It's financial aggression. That value was bought by them, and it's their property. You're essentially stealing their property that they paid for. It's digital property, but it's property. The Non-Aggression Principle says that aggression is only moral in defense.
It's no different than if someone paid someone to paint their car, and you don't think they deserves to look that good so you smash it up and scratch the paint. You've just destroyed their property they paid for. It's like somebody paying for someone to plant flowers in their yard, but you don't think they deserve to have that many flowers in their yard so you go kick their flowers and smash them. It's like you buying a new laptop, but somebody doesn't think you deserve that laptop because (insert dumb ass reason #242) so you shit on the keyboard when they get up to get a drink of water. How many more metaphors do I need? You're violating other people's property that they paid for from a person who voluntarily sold it to them. It's Free Market. It's Freedom. And, some of you are fucking it up. It shouldn't even be a discussion. It should be Freedom. Period.
At least on facebook, I don't see people financially hurting anyone. They just ignore stuff they don't like. The flag should very rarely be used if ever. The only legitimate and moral use of it on OTHER PEOPLE'S POSTS is if somebody threatens violence either physical or financial or they actually do financially hurt you. That's the only legitimate use of it on other people's posts. On your posts, you can look at as your property. If you think spam makes your post look bad, then that's a legitimate use. When you post on somebody else's post, you can assume that they may not like what you wrote on THEIR post. If they do like it though, you may get some rewards.
So I have a Radical Idea. How about we mind our own fucking business if we don't like something, leave people alone, stop damaging other people's property. Let's be Free
RE: Let's Talk Flags With @ScottCBusiness