I'm not sure it's wise to suggest that people flag others too readily. Newcomers might get themselves into trouble before they realise the possible implications, and it could put them off the platform.
I don't really see a problem with self-voting for your posts, it is the default option in Steemit after all. I can see how people who make lots of money that way are reducing the value of the Steemit though.
You can use this tool for check for high self-voting though.
New users that don't power up can't even flag $0.01 so that's fine :p
Self-voting for content is ok, but now people are doing it on their comments just to make money.
Probably true - I haven't flagged yet.
If a user with a lower reputation tries to flag a user with a higher reputation, does it act on their 'potential payout' but not their 'reputation' or does it do neither?
Flagging with lower reputation does very little to higher reputations. The payout always lowers based on voting power and STEEM POWER alone.
Thanks.
It sounds like you are advising to flag for the sake of it.
However, flagging is supposed only to be done for the reasons listed after clicking the flag button (fraud, trolling, spam and disagreement on rewads). I guess you primarily mean the "disagreement on rewards" point when you feel that a post has a disproportionally high potential payout compared to the value and originality of its content.