Oh dear
You forgot to speak to me as a cat :)
I agree, spam, not scam - that was my mistake.
As for my harping on the political motive - I have been flagged a number of times, even by whales (in just one case it cost me about 30 Steem as they flagged a number of my posts). They hate anti-vaxx and pro-Trump posts.
Then I came across #bloom who flags every single post of certain posters...not because of spam or scam or anything else justified, just because he hates that they are Christian and favour Trump and believe in family. Am I just assuming he does it for those reasons? Well, all you have to do is go check his Comments page...he spells out these reasons as being why he flags. And yet...those who are supposed to protect posters from such abuse keep quiet and do not give back what was lost thanks to bloom - as they are supposed to.
So, seeing the posts you flagged were mostly against the globs, it was natural for me to assume that is the real reason.
If you look at my posts, you will see that every post and comment is marked as Payout Declined. Only from today have I changed it to making all upvotes to be marked in favour of another beneficiary - and that is because he has and is doing a lot to make our presence on Steemit easier to understand and handle. With the drop in steem value, he cannot continue unless we help, so although I was not willing to allow flaggers to have a toehold for harming or just insulting me with their flags, I made the change.
I hope you now see why I feel strongly about flagging.
PS: Have you explained to the poster why you are flagging him and what changes he needs to make for him to be left alone by you?
I can see why you would come to that conclusion regarding my flags then. But I hope you can see that my flags are purely for those who either steal content or abuse the platform in some manner.
It’s unfortunate that you’ve been targeted for your stance on vaccinations and your love of Trump. I don’t share your views but have no issue with people expressing those opinions. And Steemit should be a place where people can express their views regardless of what they are. The flat earthers have a huge following here. And they should be free to express their opinion regardless of how insane it might be.
I’ve explained to @yrmom on more than one occasion and via more than one account that what he is doing is plagiarism and bordering on spam. He isn’t a particularly rational person however. And won’t be missed from the platform at all should he choose to leave.