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I'm fine with flagging for disagreement with rewards, I wouldn't have said a thing. I've been flagged many times before for standing up what I believe in, and I'm sure there will be plenty more. In fact I totally expected to be flagged on this post.
I spend a lot of time daily looking through spam and abuse to prevent it being rewarded by my bots. If I flagged/blacklisted without doing research, that would be extremely irresponsible and that's what I have a problem with.
Hell, half the time I know it is stolen/plagiarized but I don't flag or blacklist because I have no proof.
If you checked and just didn't notice, hey we all make mistakes, but I do have a problem with someone flagging for something without doing proper due diligence.
Most people simply indicate "images from pixabay" in their post. That way, everyone knows. They do it as a courtesy to their followers and anyone else who may come across the post. It's a standard practice.
As for everything else you said. Good job. I'd just like to thank you though for showing me your true colors. You mention in this comment above how you can handle flags, and you say it's no issue, yet you threaten me with retaliation.
I think you can do better @themarkymark. I really do.
Good luck to you. I'm glad we had this talk.
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"standard practice" but not a necessity.
The threat retaliation is a result of the irresponsible flagging and lack of due diligence and accusing me of something that was false, not because you flagged me.
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Thank you for admitting to the threats.
We resolved the issue about the image lacking a source right off the bat. That's on the record. Why you continue to dwell on that doesn't make sense at this point. The flag was then changed to a disagreement with rewards. You're fine with that, but continued to use language which I saw as threats. I wasn't saying they were threats, I simply felt threatened by the words used. You later admitted to threatening me. This is all on the record.
Now, if you guys want to push for positive change around here, just know, we don't get anywhere when all people do is get pissy about flags and start flag wars.
You made a point with your post. This point I made here is valid as well.
So, moving forward, how do we fix this? How do we clean this place up? What do you suggest?
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Groups like SteemCleaners need more power and resources to police the platform without requiring end users sacrificing their stake to do it. It's not fair and it isn't going to happen. Spam/Abuse is the #1 thing holding the platform back, the ability to easily manipulate the system for easy money is encouraging endless low effort abuse.
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I have another question.
Why is it smaller accounts that purchase votes are more likely to abuse the platform than smaller accounts that do not purchase votes?
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Because smaller accounts don't have Steem Power on their own and have to use bots. Whereas without Steem Power and without Bots abuse is pointless as it gains no rewards.
There are people with no Steem Power and spam 10-20 posts a day and don't even use bots, it's just a bunch of 0.00 and 0.01 posts.
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Two more questions.
My account was quite small at one point. I actually started with nothing and didn't invest a dime.
What makes you think these smaller accounts have no other option than to use bots?
I noticed many of these spam posts that earn next to nothing are similar to your post here today. Just one picture. No indication of whether it's their photo or free to use or... nothing, just a photo.
How would those 10-20 spam posts with one picture and no words that earn nothing be considered abuse in comparison to this one post of one picture and no words that is now removing over $300 worth or rewards from the pool?
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You have been here since Sep 2016, things were very very different back then. I wasn’t around but from what I hear large accounts frequently voted on smaller ones, something that hasn’t happened in a long time. I can’t speak first hand but I have heard it multiple times and from multiple people. Having large $100+ posts (at $0.07 steem) wasn’t impossible for a minnow.
As for the second question, as I spend a lot of time on a daily basis finding spam and abuse there is one rule I follow. I will never blacklist a user based on one post. If I see something I think is spam, plagiarism, or abuse I will look at other posts on the account and look what is their “norm”. Is this a one off post, is it something they do frequently? Only then I will make a ruling on it.
Everyone has a bad post or something many people don’t get, or they forget to cite a source or image, or post a meme from a third party site that they didn’t produce.
It is very difficult because it is very subjective and I tend to be very critical so I have to “hold back” frequently. But I always will judge a user by multiple posts as far back as a few weeks before judging.
Do I think the post is my best work? Absolutely not. It’s a wake up call and a cry for help.
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