All Hail, the Mighty STEEM FLAG! ~ #flagspam

Finally, a Flag I can get behind! I pledge no allegiance to any silly ruling classes flag, but the STEEM Flag is a completely different beast. It has actual use, compared to just swaying in the wind pretending to be a sign of freedom for its people.

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There are a variety of reasons one would use the Flag, maybe dispute of rewards, maybe you just don't like that person, maybe you just don't like the content, whatever. I believe using the flag for spam is its best intended use.

I wrote a post yesterday and within a few minutes I had a comment...ohhh goody, someone liked my post and wants to chat about it!! But no. It was something I have come to see too often in the first few minutes of a post being published.

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If you have been here as long as I have, you can spot the spam from a mile away. I think it also helps that I live in the state where SPAM is made, and the city is called Austin, which is my name. I was destined to be a spam spotter!

So I did what I usually do, I flagged his comment as spam and told him so. Poof!, the comment was now transparent. But wait! He came back and upvoted it with about equal strength as my flag. Poof!, it's back again as a normal comment. Damn. Ok, lets get more people involved.

I gave incentive to other good Steemians to flag this spam.

Full upvote to anyone that flags this douche spamming everyone with the same comment. Just leave a reply and I'll upvote it after you flag him.

I didn't have to wait long for @tcpolymath to come to the rescue.

I cancelled all his active payouts. No need to upvote.

Along with his own voting power and a little help from @steemflagrewards, all of his active payouts were sent to zero. Nice work, definitely these 2 accounts deserve a shout out for keeping this place clean of crap like spam.

But wait! It gets even better!!!

Not only did the spam rewards get put back into the pool, but the spammer now wants out of Steemit because he is 'too busy' and 'has no time for Steemit'. Awesome! Beat it, we don't value your spam.

He decided to make a post, offering his account to anyone that wanted to pay almost 3X as much as it's worth. Seriously. A $600 account, and he's asking for $1500. He did have a 61 reputation, which isn't easy to get to, at least without investing and using bots to get there fast. But what else does the mighty STEEM Flag do?! It lowers your rep. This 61, just as of yesterday, is now a 4 today. Yeah, you read that right, a 4. As in 1-2-3-4, cuatro.

So knowing no one stupid enough will pay that ridiculous price for his account, he is powering down. I say good riddance to all spammers, and let this be a lesson to others who think that this type of tactic is approved by the masses here...it's not.

All hail the STEEM Flag!