RE: New Personal Policy: Flagging all zero-value-add vote/follow begging comments.
Is this a change in your opinion on flags? I thought I read a PR on github where you thought flagging should only be used for abuse? I may be wrong because I didn't go read it again just now.
Should we consider this abuse?
comment that has no explicit value
There have been many times in the past when some unsuspecting new user has been flagged for telling someone "great post!" or "thank you!"
Before the slider those flagged by whales for a simple comment were annihilated. I think in the same PR you advocated removing sliders all together.
The "human" spammers are annoying and need deterring but I'm not sure flagging them to the ground is the solution.
explicit value
Value is subjective. I may appreciate and value someone saying thank you on my post. I may not appreciate others flagging them for it.
Also be aware that users have in the past used tags to encourage groups to form and do this within certain tags.
I don't see an all call for flagging as productive. In the next few days there should be a new group to respond to and help deter comment spam.
begging for follows is spam and that is abuse. Flagging just isa form of negative reinforcement, its not an attack on someone, its just a downvote. and YS flagging IS the solution, they wont learn otherwise. They dont read their replis, so thge onluy ay to get their attentionis to flag and tell them theyve been flagged and well, i believe it will somehow get their attention and theyll review their own commentys and se how they didnt make any money spoamming begs for folows. Im talking about the Asking for follows pam only here by the way
Good comment congrats getting almost $3 on a cmment! its an achievement! imagine if all ur comments got that much !
I think follow/upvote/resteem panhandling is abuse as it is not meaningful or useful content. It's just spam.
I should add a FAQ, but ultimately the behaviors on the site are much more relevant to setting our culture than an FAQ most people don't bother to read.
Personally, before I flag anyone, I look at their comments page, if I see a repetitive pattern, then they deserve a warning shot, and a flag if they don't respond and change their habits.
That sounds reasonable. As a new steemian, I imagine there are many behaviors on this platform that vary from others I'm familiar with, such as Facebook. For example, upvoting every comment or reply people make to me, because in Facebook land, people "like" everything. It will take time to learn about the culture here. I agree with flagging those with a pattern of "spamming" and perhaps offering advice to new users who seem unaware of how to be a steemian, rather than flagging them flat-out for a "first offense."