At last a post that engages the problem and gives sound and meaningful advice. Thank you for sharing that very enlightening article. I totally agree with you that this is not the right way. When I encounter such post I always take the time to engage them and remind them that their way of getting followers and upvotes is not accepted in the steemit community. When i am tired I just ignore them. The problem is some steemians don't they just flag them. I guess that is their prerogative. But what happens to the newbie? Based on my experience if a fellow steemian will just take the time to explain to them what they are doing is something wrong and it negatively impacts the community more often than not they will listen.

It is my humble opinion that begging is not the right way to do it and negatively impacts the community. But flagging without effort to remind or teach is much worse.