Watching The Watchers: Top steemit flags/downvotes for 2017-12-29
Steemit gives us the opportunity to upvote and to downvote content.There are multiple good but also multiple bad reasons why someone might want to use the ability to downvote posts or comments.
This post isn't meant to judge downvoters in any way, either positively or negatively, but only to allow everyone an easy way to Watch The Watchers so to speak. To see steemit policing at work.
The script that generated this post monitors downvotes all day and looks up the potential voting weight of the down voter in order to weigh the votes. Currently the script does not account for voting power out of performance and script-lag considerations.
The below lists show the top accounts involved in high powered down voted on both sides of the downvoting process.Numbers displayed are normalized to a single vote by an account with 1 MVEST worth of active Voting Weight (MVVW) and only entries with at least 50 MVVW are displayed.
Top downvoters:
- @haejin 20576 MVVW : steemd
- @randowhale 15432 MVVW : steemd
- @grumpycat 13788 MVVW : steemd
- @ranchorelaxo 12353 MVVW : steemd
- @adm 11514 MVVW : steemd
- @teamsteem 7245 MVVW : steemd
- @minority-report 6801 MVVW : steemd
- @steemcleaners 6034 MVVW : steemd
- @troglodactyl 4998 MVVW : steemd
- @arhag 3827 MVVW : steemd
- @newsflash 3239 MVVW : steemd
- @libertyteeth 2468 MVVW : steemd
- @ausbitbank 2465 MVVW : steemd
- @spaminator 2373 MVVW : steemd
- @steempty 1358 MVVW : steemd
- @clayop 954 MVVW : steemd
- @matt-a 888 MVVW : steemd
- @rewardpoolrape 719 MVVW : steemd
- @transisto 537 MVVW : steemd
- @tamim 456 MVVW : steemd
- @michelle.gent 383 MVVW : steemd
- @onceuponatime 368 MVVW : steemd
- @ozchartart 330 MVVW : steemd
- @noisy 224 MVVW : steemd
- @netuoso 207 MVVW : steemd
- @morning 204 MVVW : steemd
- @kryptonia 197 MVVW : steemd
- @alaqrab 178 MVVW : steemd
- @asbear 133 MVVW : steemd
- @tt-dogg 124 MVVW : steemd
- @tuvokhl 120 MVVW : steemd
- @timcliff 119 MVVW : steemd
- @relaxkim 102 MVVW : steemd
- @pnc 95 MVVW : steemd
- @phuzz 84 MVVW : steemd
- @vander 83 MVVW : steemd
- @gogogadgetupvote 79 MVVW : steemd
- @littleboy 68 MVVW : steemd
- @kommienezuspadt 56 MVVW : steemd
- @maa 56 MVVW : steemd
- @ngc 54 MVVW : steemd
Top downvoted:
- @checkthisout 18998 MVVW : steemd
- @haejin 18936 MVVW : steemd
- @berniesanders 12071 MVVW : steemd
- @michelle.gent 9069 MVVW : steemd
- @rewardpoolrape 7796 MVVW : steemd
- @justinashby 6971 MVVW : steemd
- @littleboy 6959 MVVW : steemd
- @cryptopassion 6929 MVVW : steemd
- @randowhale 4121 MVVW : steemd
- @markrmorrisjr 2710 MVVW : steemd
- @nijeah 2606 MVVW : steemd
- @moses153 2223 MVVW : steemd
- @minnow.helper 2020 MVVW : steemd
- @bumper 1372 MVVW : steemd
- @blocktrades 1232 MVVW : steemd
- @enrikeprez 1127 MVVW : steemd
- @melanie00 1127 MVVW : steemd
- @scvwolf 928 MVVW : steemd
- @thephotoartist 762 MVVW : steemd
- @moeknows 688 MVVW : steemd
- @kouba01 686 MVVW : steemd
- @gniksivart 686 MVVW : steemd
- @uknowjpbitcoin 674 MVVW : steemd
- @eatsrewards 576 MVVW : steemd
- @sweetbirdj 552 MVVW : steemd
- @openbull 552 MVVW : steemd
- @copazor 527 MVVW : steemd
- @buildawhale 400 MVVW : steemd
- @cristitaylor 392 MVVW : steemd
- @radiasi 382 MVVW : steemd
- @themarkymark 382 MVVW : steemd
- @annegerzat 368 MVVW : steemd
- @travelwithethan 353 MVVW : steemd
- @fogel 319 MVVW : steemd
- @jasonshick 315 MVVW : steemd
- @letmesee 236 MVVW : steemd
- @emirzafirdaus 221 MVVW : steemd
- @angel4smile 221 MVVW : steemd
- @azizulhassan 221 MVVW : steemd
- @tt-dogg 214 MVVW : steemd
- @alauddinsee 198 MVVW : steemd
- @marcoagarcia3rd 184 MVVW : steemd
- @libertyteeth 174 MVVW : steemd
- @johurul 157 MVVW : steemd
- @miner76 148 MVVW : steemd
- @lexiconical 116 MVVW : steemd
- @miracleman 110 MVVW : steemd
- @moneymaster 110 MVVW : steemd
- @xiknybuc 91 MVVW : steemd
- @gyhis3346 89 MVVW : steemd
- @galaxyaa 81 MVVW : steemd
- @newfag 79 MVVW : steemd
- @mitrado 75 MVVW : steemd
- @ds22222 71 MVVW : steemd
- @solisrex 65 MVVW : steemd
- @ds2aaaa 62 MVVW : steemd
- @oligafren 58 MVVW : steemd
- @crudens 56 MVVW : steemd
- @storyofsera 55 MVVW : steemd
- @sdonica 53 MVVW : steemd
- @steemlike 52 MVVW : steemd
- @hottopic 52 MVVW : steemd
Image used: Le faux miroir by René Magritt
Not sure how to fit it in, but here is a graphical representation that overlaps with the data above. The image shows the flagging that involve accounts that were both flagged and did flagging themselves. I've excluded the @cheetah and @steemcleaners stuff, and will need to do some more trimming to make this graph a suitable part of the daily posts.
I admire your way to address this topic neutral.
I'm a bit puzzled why @michelle.gent's posts are flagged on a regular basis?
https://steemit.com/writing/@michelle.gent/blood-on-the-moon-serialised-exclusive-for-steemit-80
Don't know. Michelle is doing some high-powered flagging herself at the moment, so maybe this could a mini flag war of sorts?
@michelle.gent, @grumpycat, @themarkymark or @bunnychum might know if these accounts are somehow related and if some of their flagging might be in retaliation?
I'm doing what now? 'High-powered flagging'?
I flagged a couple of unrelated tagging posts but as soon as that point is made, I remove the flags. I think one may still be standing and I've now been reminded to remove that one too.
These flagging wars damage minnows far more than established posters. That's why I remove the flags, but the data doesn't seem to show that I removed the flags. Maybe that should be addressed?
The problem is, we have a platform that looks attractive to new users who see all this money being handed out for what seems like very little effort. They want 'some of that' and when their efforts don't reap the rewards they believe they deserve, they try to get the attention of the people making 'all this money' and any attention is good attention.
I seem to be the target for tagging right now, but I flagged the ones doing that and then removed the flag once they realised the attention they received wasn't good.
added by edit There were two 5% flags and I've now removed them.
I've not been tagged today in posts that have no relevance to me or my interests so it appears to have worked.
383 MVVW would be pretty high powered if you had not removed them. Would add up to a few dozen dollars worth of reduced payout depending on current voting strength and projected payout. But it seems the script is indeed not registering flag removals. Going to look into that soon. Good to hear the flagging is unrelated.
I don't subscribe to tit-for-tat flagging. I walk my own path and flag for my own reasons, and I almost always remove them once the point has been made.
You have some interesting data here. I can't hep wondering how outsiders view such data - some of the people I've spoken to lately have reservations about investing because of this. The ROI being subject to such uncertainty if someone decides to flag the post on which you have a wedge of Steem 'invested' and waiting for payout is too volatile.
Personally, I'm glad I don't rely on Steem for my living.
I joined steemit for purely financial reason (it has turned it to something way more fun!).
I initially looked at it, and thought...mmmmm... $10 a day shouldn't be too difficult.... oh, the sweet naivety! 😂😂
Although, it is getting a bit easier, and more like that for me, nowadays.
(I'm living in SE Asia, and 10 bucks - extra - is a very - radical change to my lifestyle.... I kid ,not).
Last time you showed me a link to a bigger picture.
Having some issues with today's log. Much bigger than any of the days untill now, so I'm still trying to tune it now to figure out the theshold strength.
Your work getting better day by day.