There is no certain way to define tag abuse.Most of the people use the wrong tag by mistake and some do it intentionally.So before flagging someone you should thoroughly investigate their intention.It is always necessary to warn some people before flagging them.
Flagging people too much can backfire on you too.I personally don't flag anyone unless they are trying to deceive people or plagiarizing.
Tag abuse specifically is actually very easy to define. It’s using the incorrect tags for the content you are posting, intentionally or unintentionally. Hence the goal of educating on the proper usage of tags to define the content one is posting.
As to the second point you’re not wrong, but that’s the point of decentralized moderation. I may take some flak eventually for being a vocal proponent of @tagalong but everyone else doing the back-end work remains mostly anonymous and safe from targeting if they choose. That’s the primary benefit.
Thanks for your thoughts!
~ Mako
Yep, easy to define, but for lot of people, hard to understand.
Many post use the steemit tag, and not just the new or small accounts. And why? Because we are here, on steemit... Even if the post not about steemit at all. If someone not advanced in blogging or the social media skill is equal with the "i like everything, what shining, and the penguins, of course" method, they doing mistakes. And they make it, if the aren't native english peoples. And be honest, in the Welcome text, or in FAQ, the "tagging section" is, hm, shorty.
I made the FAQ in my language (yeah, and now i can edit it, coz hf20...), and this is the original faq from 2016...
That is the place, where need to start the education, i think. If we have a two year old faq, what we want?
I agree, and that’s why education is the primary purpose of @tagalong. It doesn’t do any good to just flag and move on when the person may not understand what is wrong.
~ Mako