Why do some people feel the need to promote themselves to sheriff of Steemit-town?

Why do they try to exercise force and control over others - something I'm sure they wouldn't enjoy if it were done to them. This is childish, immature and egomaniac behavior.

Aren't we better than that?

Aren't we all here to enjoy freedom and creativity - whatever creativity means to each and everyone of us?

If you don't like that the posts of a tiny account like e.g. @thevoiceofgod consist mostly of only one word or sentence - why don't you ignore them?

If earning money from one-word memes doesn't fly here, @thevoiceofgod will surely notice that and disappear after a while. But what's wrong with allowing them to test out their style of creativity?

How does their behavior harm you so much that you have to flag them and "put them in their place"? When you give them a lecture on their blog on how they should behave according to you, doesn't that make you the spammer?

Wouldn't we be much better humans if we encouraged creativity in others? Even if we don't really understand or care for their personal brand of creativity?

How about putting tolerance over domination?

Live and let live

Yesterday someone notified me that he almost flagged me, until he read something that apparently "saved me from his flag". Oh, wow, thanks for saving me from a danger I didn't know I was in. My big mistake was that I had apparently used a wrong tag.

Why don't we create a new society in here that is based on compassion instead of control?

I know it's hard, because we're all so used to being controlled. But we shouldn't see this platform as an opportunity to finally do unto others what has been done to us all our lives. Why don't we see it as a platform that allows us to create something that's never been there before?

Do you really want to replicate the world out there, in here? Wouldn't that be a complete waste and misuse of a blockchain?

Maybe next time, before you flag someone, just stop and relax.

Ask yourself if starting a #waronspam is really worth your energy.

State your opinion. Tell the author "I don't like any of your posts!" if that makes you feel better. But maybe try and take the judgment and violence out before you hit "post"?

Ask yourself if you are here to connect and make friends, or to condemn and rule others

Like the guy did, who almost flagged me. He seems like a nice and helpful guy after all. Even if he thought it necessary to express a warning to me.

This all saddens me... We all are actual human beings here, even if many of us appear to be anonymous Steemit names. It's easy to assume malicious intent when you don't know who the other person is, and if they actually are a person or just a bot.

I met a lot of Berlin Steemians this week again at a meet-up. It makes such a difference to meet the actual humans. I could never flag any of them. I would never flag anyone on Steemit, for that matter, unless they really bother or try to harm me. If I don't like their content I unfollow them and move on. I don't have time for negativity.

Small disclaimer

I know there are some people and bots here who actually do harm the community and I've seen a "Sherlock Holmes" around who spies them out. That is actually a service to the Steemit community, I believe, and I am not addressing these guys with my rant up here.

I'm addressing just the random people who have their own vision of how people should behave here and who take it upon themselves to reinforce that, assuming the worst of people, instead of being forgiving and maybe starting a conversation first before flagging and condemning.

At the end of the day, I think we all have a similar vision for Steemit. We just have different ways to get there.

Personally, I would love it if we all allowed every single person here to feel free to be themselves, to know they have creative freedom, and to receive encouragement and positive recognition instead of mistrust and punishment.

#endofrant