"you should be concerned it may happen to you some day."
Well no actually, not sure what type of world of fear you live in but if someone takes it upon themselves to start being asshats and flagging all of my posts simply put I'd have them smoked with more flags than they could possibly have access to..
It's a matter of the community as a whole combating garbage, and we do.
I am a mouthpiece for a large number of users here.. I'm also highly respected by a large chunk of the userbase here for speaking up against things I believe are wrong.
Why would I be concerned of a high rep account attacking me? Generally speaking you're only flagged if you've done something wrong here. The exception to that is when accounts I call out for shady shit get butthurt and have tantrums instead of being civilized about it.
Look at it this way.. I'm someone you'd certainly not want to writing a post about your service or person. I think the fallout and my track record speak for themselves in regards to me taking down accounts that are up to shady shit.
Blackmail, bullying, flagging or hinting I'm some type of zealot crusader simply doesn't work on me. The reason behind this is that when the dust settles I'm not just speaking my own thoughts but the collective murmurs of many.
"To be fair you have been inciting flagging of posts of late on your crusades"
Never ONCE have I ever posted on here demanding people flag any particular account.
What people do I cannot control.. I can however, make things change around here with a few keystrokes. With that being said I've not riled up anyone, I merely let them express themselves freely without fear of retaliation or ridicule.
You speak as if I'm an unnecessary "evil" on the network.. Which is fine. Not everyone likes me and frankly I'm not out to make friends with everyone.
I hope you guys can make a mends with the users that have taken it upon themselves to scrub you from the network. If not that's a shame, but another service with cheaper fees / less intrusive business model will just pop up in the end.
I don't understand the butthurt on this. People give the keys voluntarily. They can just as easily take them back. There is already a mechanism of self interest to balance abuse. At the moment it appears to me as a case of someone 'doth protest too loudly.' Steemvoter is giving power to the masses to bot vote according to rules they deem appropriate. Are some people afraid of empowering the masses?
The butthurt is: People who have already shown they can't stick to their own rules and use loose TOS are now gearing up to become a flag brigade.. Dishing out "justice" to those they see fit... With borrowed powers.
I'll be releasing the source code to the back end of steemvoter tonight to allow out community to build other services similar to Steemvoter..
This isn't even a loud protest sir! This is merely the start of a STEEM evolution.