RE: Should I up vote this guy ranting? No I might face retaliation
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"...Nobody who thinks about what tags are appropriate for a post and what aren't should ever tag a post incorrectly...."
With the exception of the "steemit" tag, I mostly agree. It is incorrect for the steemit tag, though. I've been using Internet forums since the days of dial-up modems, usenet news, Bulletin Boards, and AOL chat rooms, but I was confused about the use of the steemit tag until I happened to stumble across someone's unauthoritative post on the topic today. Does the "steemit" tag mean "pertaining specifically to steemit" or does it mean a "general catch-all for everyone on steemit"? I could've argued it either way until I saw someone's strong opinion on the topic today. Fortunately, I didn't step in that particular landmine and get my reputation crushed, but how many other landmines are out there waiting to trip me up while I am learning the ropes?
Anyway, I don't have any problem with community enforced rules, and from the top-level post, I am fairly confident that @dwinblood doesn't either. I won't speak for anyone else, but what concerns me is the apparent (?) combination of arbitrariness and severity with the reputation system as it is currently implemented. Every STEEM/SP holder has a vested interest in getting this right. It's not just about the user experience, it's also about the value of our holdings. If over-flagging drives users away, our asset loses value. If poor quality content buries high quality content, then our asset loses value.
Bingo. I've been using computers since 1982. My first modem was a 300 BAUD modem. I was using the internet in 1989 and 1990 well before WWW hit. I in fact designed what were precursors to forums on a Vax VMS system used by my school. I've used most of the social media platforms, hundreds of forums, and quite a number of portals that no longer exist.
Expecting users to "know" and being biased about what is "common sense" is poor design. That type of thinking ALWAYS fails. There are too many people with many different levels of intelligence, and it isn't even an intelligence thing. People approach problems differently. They think differently.
You cannot operate from ASSUMED rules, and what you consider COMMON SENSE, or because it was this way somewhere else. That doesn't work. Well actually it can work but with a lot of bumps, and pissed off people. Usually you only get away with it if it is tied to a job or some other thing which kind of forces people to DEAL WITH IT and use it.
The attitude produces piss poor software designs from a large scale deployment perspective. You simply cannot expect people to think the way you do. If anyone takes a Systems Analysis & Design course in Software Engineering or Computer Science they are usually shown this.
I've been using the internet since CompuServe on amber screens. And let me tell you, life is good now.