So flag abuse has been a hot topic of discussion for some time. I've started to change up my posting style and get more involved in posting video into the mix of posts I've been sharing. @Reseller I couldn't get anything going on DTube unfortunately man.
The point of this is to generate discussion as to how we could improve flagging and why it's not working currently. Flagging in it's current form allows for censorship which commonly refers to institutional censorship, but in a way this is very similar if not the same. A private entity is able to use their money to buy SP and then be able to effectively silence opinions they don't agree with or want to go unheard. This doesn't help anyone. Eventually Steemit could just be owned by one religion who persecutes everything. There are so many terrible outcomes with this model for control. I think it should be fully revamped. Flagging should be relative to your reputation. It's obvious to me that trustworthiness and the influence you should have on others should correlate with how high your reputation is because you could only get a high one if you don't cause problems to begin with. This would be a more realistic way to do it fairly. Now we have the issue this presents where how can we choose how much to take away from a posts earnings, well I think you should be able to do that, BUT they should be separate.
The idea I had in mind is having flagging which for abuse, spam, etc. where you take away earnings from someone but not hurt their reputation. Not agreeing with someone shouldn't ruin their reputation because then we have a bunch of people going around just trying to please whales and no one is writing anything original or value driven. We do not want this type of community. How can we avoid that? Well, my answer is downvoting and flagging separated via steem power and reputation. I'm sure a lot would have to be worked out, but I'm open to hearing other ideas and suggestions!
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