We must address the issue of purely-ideologically driven, massive, and automated downvoting campaigns by people triggered simply because they disagree, politically, with others.
We need a "proof of mind" step for every downvoting attempt that would require checking a "reason for downvoting" set of options/boxes. When "politics/ideology" is checked, the downvote process should abort. That should also then be followed by an authentication step to fully weed out automated downvotes...i.e. "check all the boxes with street signs."
If we continue to permit certain whales to crush minnows they disagree with (AND WITH WHOM THEY'VE NEVER EVEN HAD A DIALGOUE) then Steemit will remain a very questionable platform for new investment.
WAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
One more time for you....white trash old bigot...
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!
Look Mother, I'm doing my first drive by!
#MuteBernie2019
I couldn't agree more, this one issue in and of itself is a minor fix compared to the other problems talked about on the platform but is one of the biggest problems holding the platform back. Yes they must be able to deal with abuse but there has to be a better way then allowing the use of flags as a censorship tool.
I don't mind the use of flags for plagiarism, spam, porn, etc.... Right. But to censor political speech...? No way. That makes us Facebook, Jr.