I am not sure how Hive account@cuddlekitten ended up on Hive account@abusereports' flag-list in the first place. I'll have to assume it's somewhat related to the new steem-sincerity API classifying Hive account@cuddlekitten as a top-8 biggest spammer on steemit?!

I've already talked to Hive account@andybets about the situation on multiple occasions and he pretty much agrees the classification to be inaccurate and due to a very limited set of training data for his AI.

But I actually do not know if these two situations are related at all, maybe it's just a coincidence in timing?!

To prevent further reputation damage I am putting Hive account@cuddlekitten to sleep for now.

Hive account@abusereports doesn't have a public appeals process that I know of. It is being operated by Hive account@nextgencrypto (Hive account@berniesanders) and Hive account@emrebeyler, so I'll have to try reaching out to them, Wish me luck... I am not quite sure where to get a hold of them. If you have any pointers that may help me get to the bottom of this, it will be much appreciated!

While this situation unfolds, a lot of you cuddle-buddies have helped negate most of the reputation damage done by the flags with your upvotes. I'll have to especially give Thanks to Hive account@steempty for the major support as this unfolded, to Hive account@reddragonfly for already being vocal about the situation and to Hive account@reggaemuffin for helping this post become visible again after being auto-flagged, too.

_{P.S.: in the meantime Hive account@cuddlekitten is delivering cuddles to her buddies again, but she has been muted in order to prevent any new comments from continuously being auto-flagged. I hope this gets solved soon. I have contacted both Hive account@emrebeyler and Hive account@nextgencrypto via steem.chat and I am awaiting their reply.}

_{UPDATE: 3 hours after making this post the steem-sincerity API has stopped listing Hive account@cuddlekitten under the top 500 spammers, instead she now receives a 0.87% human score, which is equally inaccurate! I guess writing a single post can convince the AI to change it's judgement from wrong to equally wrong but less harmful?!}

_{UPDATE: 4 hours after making this post, reaching out to Hive account@nextgencrypto on steem.chat, he removed Hive account@cuddlekitten from the flag-list of the Hive account@abusereports bot. I will unmute Hive account@cuddlekitten again. If there are any more concerns about the kitten-bot being a spammer, please, do not hesitate to reach out to me.}

_{UPDATE: 6 hours after making this post, automatic flags are still happening and all kitten-bots have been muted for now to avoid further reputation damage. not sure if Hive account@abusereports changed their mind or if the "un-listing" just takes time.}

_{FINAL UPDATE (hopefully): another two hours later the "un-listing" finally took effect - cuddling continues, let's get fluffy again. I hope this was the last update on the matter!}