I think the upvoting works. You only have so much voting power. It's up to you what you vote on. Flagging makes it harder for others to get a chance to upvote your stuff. If you see spam or scam you can always mute them so you don't have to see them. We don't need others telling us what we should and shouldn't see.
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Get rid of Flagging
I see your point.
But I think muting is not enough powerful. It is something similar with emails. Why would you need a spam filter/junkmail folder, if you can just simply delete the junk mails.
I think it works similar in steemit.
That also true the current voting system has some weaknesses, but I think with time it will be fine tuned.
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