Hi @davemccoy The Fag flags again.
You know, the first time I looked at Steem and steemit, I saw an instrument that holds the potential for funding local community projects, anywhere, without burning lots of capitol.
People could get paid for activism without spending huge amounts of cash. Do you know how powerful that is?
We had a SBD that would not fall below $1.00 US in vale.
We also had fuckwits that saw the financial benefit the common folk were receiving from this spike, and they were not happy. NO NO NO they said. We must not have a token that has high value. It is dangerous for the Powers That Be to have the rif raf empowered financially.
Someone said the other day that the platform has a cancer. They were referring to the @ngc / @berniesanders group of accounts.
He often claims to hold thousands of accounts.
He also claims that he has control of the top 20 witnesses.
He makes death threats every now and then.
Those being the facts, the way forward seems clear.
We need to ban this extensive network of account from holding any Steem Power and voting rights for witnesses. Its simple really, it just requires some code
I don't think there will ever be anything done about it. They are going the other way and making it easier to flag in the future. Which seems kinda tone deaf to me.
yep on me being aware. Not sure if we got 1000 people (if that many even exist), that we could change it... The power is so concentrated at the top that if those guys/gals don't care, then not a damn thing we can do. Hell they don't even care if we leave (just look at the usage numbers)
I know that people think the free downvotes will be a plus to helping even out the playing field, I am not convinced of that yet. I think human nature is such that many don't like to be negative and simply won't use their downvotes, while of course others will love to cause mayhem!
We'll see...
ps...I like that you are trying to find a solution and fighting for a place that you envision!
As someone who has been downvoting quite a bit lately, I will say it is a thankless job.
A lot of 'who do you think you are, the Steem police', and 'it's my money, I should be able to do what I want with it.'
People have an issue accepting being policed by their peers instead of a central authority. In some things there are opposing viewpoints, and sometimes we have to express them in opposing votes. It's a difficult thing to wrap your head around when you see things in absolutes.
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yep... and human nature too
While you are venturing into it, I think that many will not. For some it is out of fear of it boomeranging back on them, but for most it will be because they simply don't like to be negative.
Maybe I'll be surprised, but my guess is the bad guys will use it far more than the good guys. (and I'm certainly not calling anyone who downvotes a bad guy, just those that are bad are the bad guys) :D