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RE: Beta Testing of smackdown.kitty is beginning...
Preventing offense is not the goal. It must be clear that by adding a small flag to a self voted comment we are saying "reconsider this". There is in plenty of support for the opinion against self voting, if disagreement on the methods.
A down vote / flag is not harm. A report on what is public information anyway is not harm. It is scrutiny, which is what everyone is under on this blockchain for all their actions.
For my part I will respond to the post you mention, but damn it is pretty long and I have limited time. I hope to read it in the next day.
"A down vote / flag is not harm." I hope to clarify this point just a little here. While some folks will consider a down vote harm, it is not that specifically I seek to prevent, but the contention amongst the community, that I do think will be harm.
@aggroed recently posted regarding some misadventures involving flags, with remarkable honesty and vulnerability, and I hope you might profit from his education in that event.
I really appreciate your willingness to at least consider my (lengthy) ruminations on the topic. I only devoted the effort because I am experiencing negative impact of VP decay, and see I am not alone, and also have come to understand that weight voting via SP is causing Steemit to not grow as I believe it can, and further that those that cast self votes are either trapped by the vote weighting so as to have no reasonable option, or merely haven't understood that it's actually less rewarding to Steemit, and them personally, than curating other's content.
I am impressed that you have expended your time and treasure to build this mechanism, and others also, out of your desire to benefit Steemers, and Steemit. If I can, I want to prevent you from having the opposite effect you clearly seek, and to add what help I can in your effort to benefit this community.
When you get a chance to have at it, I will be all the more appreciative. I'm going to see my mom tomorrow, so won't be around to correct until afterwards. You should have time to prepare properly to rip all my arguments to shreds =p.
I'm with l0k1 on this, when he says he wants to dissolve disagreements. If I'm wrong in any part, I deeply desire you to set me straight, so that I can join you in being right.
TTYS, I hope.