Nice collection of charts here. It gives a clear picture of who (whether a person or bot) is flagging. Obviously cheetah and steemcleaners would be mentioned.
I understand the basis and purpose for flagging or down voting; but have never done any myself. If someone writes a post that is derogatory or inflammatory, I generally skip over it and don't stop back by the person's page. I know you can mute people too, or choose to not follow them... and those are the routes I take.
When I am curating posts and see blatant copy/paste and plagiarism, I will report to steemcleaners but that's the extent of my negativity on the platform. I'm normally an upbeat person with a positive attitude. People do what they do for his or her own reasons but being a journalist by career, I can't go with the plagiarism aspects.
Hi Dawn, thanks for your comments :)
I've sat on the fence on the post, as this is how it should be for an unbiased view.
I do think that a lot of people feel the same way as you, and this is a go-lightly approach to take and one I adopt in the main.
The probably with this is that if too many of us turn a blind eye to obvious abuse, then it degrades the quality our platform as a whole.
Each person should care enough to police the place, with their own values / understanding of the reasons for a flag. But as you say, it is also possible to report the abuse and let someone else deal with it - this is a nice to have, and the people managing these services should be appreciated for this!
Thanks!
One thing I noticed, being a newb, is because this platform is worldwide, there are language, cultural and societal intricacies that can be misconstrued. Another reason I'm not a fan of "flagging".
Yes that does happen - a bit like with the 'sir' thing.
But I do think their needs to be a way to hide such things as porn/insults/worse.