RE: Regarding Transisto and Flagging
"timeliness and popularity" as reasons for downvoting someone's posts are garbage fucking reasons.
like you said, "That being said, I'm pretty sure we can all agree on some basis for flagging posts. Spam is an obvious choice. Something like child pornography would be another. Posts that are poorly constructed, or are copypasta are also reasonable to consider for flagging." - NAILS IT.
these are obvious reasons for downvoting a post. anything beyond these reasons make you a petulant, petty asshole. period. i've seen plenty of posts that i don't agree with, primarily in regards to politics...the difference is, i just avoid those posts. what is the purpose of me disincentivizing other users for their particular political leanings? there's literally no reason other than to be petty.
michelle's great; this is the first time i've heard of transisto.
Well, he's going to be Steemit famous at this rate. I don't like getting involved in this stuff and I generally avoid flag wars like the plague because I don't have a dog in the fight, but this shit is ridiculous. The level of arrogance one would need to have to flag rewards because a user isn't popular enough to deserve them is incredible.
Story of my life... never been in with the 'in crowd' but I'm of the opinion that I'll never fit in because I stand out (and up, and forward) 😆
Worst of all I consider this kind of flagging to be a clear infringement of the authors right to receive the rewards and also a vote against the upvoters by someone who knows better. This alone isn't bad at all. It's like nuclear energy. It could go either way.
Infringing the rights of a person who is a threat to the platform that violate the NAP (Like a spammer) should be given the flag and have the rewards removed. But anybody who produce content has the right tor receive rewards even if it is unfair.
I barely make anything on my posts. But that's not a reason to call in re-distribution.
Controlling distribution is just commie nonsense.