But that's the thing - you never gave him a chance, the way I see it. Especially since your downvotes don't really dent the payout, they are mostly just unpleasant.
In my time on steemit I've learned that it's much easier to reach an understanding through chatting rather than mutual flagging. Hell, even hygiene and the bern reached some kind of agreement. So yeah. I think you should have approached him first.
I'm sure it was a very unpleasant feeling getting flagged by me after he raised hundreds of thousands of dollars from this platform in a very short amount of time.
And then he decides with all those hurty feelings to use a whale downvote to reduce my rewards to 0.
I don't live in the past, so what ifs don't concern me, I didn't feel a need for that then and I don't have it now. This is happening right now and he will need to adjust, or keep on going like nothing happened. I'm quite curious what would his answers be for those questions, as you can see he is strangely quiet.
Getting flagged for even a cent when you have a 200 SBD payout is unpleasant. Personally, if I was him? I'd just ignore it and not even bother flagging you back. I do not support revenge flagging.
You didn't feel the need to communicate your disagreement on his rewards in any other way aside from flagging. While this is a legitimate choice, in my opinion trying to TALK before shooting (or flagging) can be beneficial to all sides and prevent this sort of... unpleasantness.
As for why he is quiet in the thread: well, I would be too if someone called me a greedy fascist without ever exchanging a word with me. Hell, I'd call them something worse and go mind my own business. Especially if their downvotes can't really touch me.
Check my yesterday's blog. Check the flagged comments there and see for yourself what happened. There are some bad whales involved who play the part quite well.
This whole situation is majorly fucked up. The lack of communication did not make it better. And no, that toxic comment exchange is not a conversation. Not the conversation you two SHOULD have had before this became a payout pissing contest.
I hate steemit drama so hard.
My guess is there are people who are very much amused by all this. People will be people.
That is a truth. :sigh:
Support your local dissenter!
Um, i think the truce is over,..
:sigh:
It was good while it lasted, I guess.
Boys will be boys, it's been bred/indocrinated into them by those that rule by force.
When a hammer is your only tool, everything starts to look like a nail,...
Sometimes I am grateful that I am a girl.
hahahahaha :D