Perhaps flagging/downvoting could be subject to appeal or review. That way we could keep flagging low-quality spammy posts, but if someone gets caught in that accidently, they could have the flag reviewed and revoked.
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And there's the rub: who watches the watchmen?
Indeed—as always. How else to handle matters of this nature, tho? Ignore it and hope it doesn't happen again? The author in question is popular enough that the community is fighting for her, but what if this happens to someone who has less of an audience and no one to fight for them?
Well, I'll gladly fight against this trend of flagging. I don't have infinite reach though. I've got a lot on my plate, but maybe I can work something out.
@anarcho-andrei, after taking the time to go back and read through all the comments, I am amazed at how many good points were made. Even those who disagree with us, they presented whatever arguments they had, and in a way contributed to what so many are trying to achieve.
For this, however it works out, I just felt I had to say, thank you for trying so hard. Having people like you around does reduce the sting of having the others messing with our rights and lives.
I'm glad you think so! Honestly, this thread of conversations took off and there was a ton of good content in the comments section. I think there was plenty of commentary to suss out some idea of what everyone here thinks are legitimate reasons for flagging and what aren't.