Revenge Flagging: A waste of your time and mine

patrice (65) in steemitabuse • 8 years ago (edited)

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cryptos (66) · 8 years ago

I have received some flagging of my comments when accusing users that tried to cheat everyone with fake #introduceyourself posts, even before flagging their posts... the obvious response to such thing is just to flag the post as this is pretty much their confession of trying to cheat.

I've also tried to reveal some posts that were plain copy/paste or a bit more sophisticated try to cheat with someone else's content pretending it is yours. Again with a warning and not resorting to flagging first, but people usually do not leave you choice.

It seems that this is kind of automated response for these people, acting without thinking first and then they just get what they deserve… the downvote (flagging) of such posts and comments is just the way to go if you care about the community you are a part of and that goes not only for steemit.

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patrice (65) · 8 years ago

If someone is new, I'll leave a comment. If someone has a good history and posts one or two copy/paste I'll take the time to comment and give them tips on what is considered curation. i.e. Smaller photo & quotes from the original source with original commentary. Those are the ones that really hurt themselves by revenge flagging if they want to be part of the community. It also feels pretty good when someone says "Thank you."

I agree, everyone who cares about the community should be part of the solution. I'm just amazed by how many comments I read that advocate an "anything goes" attitude, especially when the comments come from those not earning much in the way of SP.

Evidently asking someone who claims to be a public person, even when they post links to their blogs and social media accounts, to post a link back to Steemit is an invasion of privacy. lol

Thanks for your comments. I feel a bit more appreciated this morning.

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minion (56) · 8 years ago

Also anyone "revenge flagging" will be severely out flagged by whales/users, so it's not a very smart move.

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patrice (65) · 8 years ago

Nope, it will only hurt them if they want to repair their rep.

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magdalen (53) · 8 years ago

Am I allowed to post content that is mine? Several of my posts have been flagged but I've written it all myself.

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patrice (65) · 8 years ago

Yes you can. Since you posted your photo anyone should be able to do a search and see it's your content.

If you don't want to see the cheetah comment at the bottom you can visit steemit.chat channel steemitabuse-classic and ask cheetah to whitelist you. Might have to check back at different times to find him in. Just ask for cheetah.

You probably weren't flagged for posting your external content. The person that did that isn't always... nice.

I've followed you and will enjoy reading. Welcome!

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almostfamous (25) · 8 years ago

I'm with you and this sort of thing is a pet peeve of mine. I've seen a lot of people get downvoted to oblivion on imgur for posting an innocent comment. A lot of reputation systems are really nothing more than an agree/disagree system that gets unjustly attributed as a rep system. I hope the rep system here is truly fair.

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irit (50) · 8 years ago

I upvote U

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