If flagging isn't the answer how would you suggest dealing with spammers, plagiarism, posting of porn without NSFW tags, and all the other things that flagging is intended to solve?
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If flagging isn't the answer how would you suggest dealing with spammers, plagiarism, posting of porn without NSFW tags, and all the other things that flagging is intended to solve?
That's the million dollar question right there, I hope Steemit figures it out before people realize what a cancer the flagging tool has become. Nobody likes cancer, Steemit should fix it, or cut it out.
The cancer is the spam (lumping all the BS into one catchall name). It's WAY more prolific then flagging.
Multiple accounts upvoting themselves is spam. and let's not split hairs about it being "a spouses account" and all they do is upvote your posts never interacting with the community at all...that is a multi account holder.
Posting stolen information or photos is spam (and illegal).
Posting porn in categories other then NSFW to try and catch viewers is spam.
Posting over and over in a categories that your post doesn't belong in just to attract eyeballs is spam.
So without a flagging system which you want to do away with the spammers will have free reign. The concept of an open system without a body you can report people to and get them banned means you need a system like flagging to counteract bad behavior.
I get you taking a kneejerk reaction to the whole flag wars as on the surface level it looks bad, but that is tossing the "baby out with the bathwater" as my Grandfather would say. Just because you don't like one part of the system doesn't mean the whole system needs to go away.
Without the ability of people to use their votes to counteract what they may see as spam the spammers will dominate this platform in no time at all. You can't leave them unchecked.
Don't forget those that are flagging are using their voting power just the same as someone that upvotes. They have a limited amount of votes to use up or down for the day. The big difference is if someone believes enough that something is wrong to downvote they gain absolutely no rewards. Worse they tend to become a target from those who don't understand that it really is a necessity to make Steemit work (IMO).
So until someone has a better solution flagging is needed or you will see way more people leave due to the free reign the spammers would have.