What happened?
Here's my statement as one of the admins for @steemflagrewards.
This was a case of bid bot abuse. Unfortunately, the bot does not recognize the keyword without the space between the word. Therefore, the only thing picked up was plagiarism.
In this scenario, the operator behind approving the flags was complacent and did not do their due diligence in checking out the claim.
The trail of flags using plagiarism as reason is the result of our flag trail that picks up the keyword.
What should have happened:
Operator should have requested @nathen007 to correct the wording on bid bot abuse and remove the plagiarism claim unless it can be proven.
With that said, the post will still be flagged for bid bot abuse.
This will hopefully provide valuable training lessons for future participants.
enforcer48, it sounds like you are admitting error with regard to the claim for plagiarism. How to you intend to rectify the numerous negative comments that are now on this post and have impacted my credibility? The bid bot was only called out on a few comments and I intend to address those later. But I'm very concerned about the slander which you admit was mistaken. How will that be remedied?
It would be libel.
We can change and update them to
bid bot abusewhere we can. As for addressing them. Feel free. That won't make the flags disappear.So are you removing everywhere it indicates plagiarism? And if not, what remediation do you propose? Libel is still a legal issue, thank you for making that distinction.
Clarify with comments saying they are actually for bid bot abuse. Stay tuned.
@enforcer48, @anthonyadavisii, thank you for your hard work in making the corrections. At this moment, it looks like there are two left. @nathen007 original post which details the accusation of plagiarism. And, @johnwatson, a follow on. Again, I truly appreciate what you've done in correcting this error. Looking forward to a happy conclusion.
You still have not responded on the issue of bid bot abuse. That is a subjective issue, but many of us think that buying votes all the time is exploiting the Steem platform contrary to what was intended. It's supposed to be about proof of brain, not proof of bot. You may still receive flags if you continue like that. It's the only power we have to persuade people to be more community-minded
I'll review your proposal when it is ready.