I would suggest to the STEEM team to change the little flag that we see in the top corner and make it so that we have just the option of going up or down with our vote in whichever way we choose... Everyone likes the upvotes they get but we should also all be able to accept the downvotes.

Not everyone has to like what you do. On Facebook and other social media sites that option is there and it is used without any thought. If you do not like something, down goes that thumb or angry face it is...

Here on steemit it is much more delicate because there is money involved and whenever people have those SBD signs in their eyes things get easily heated.

got this gif from https://dribbble.com/slyw

Recently this has been a big topic with all the "FLAGGING WARS"

Thats the main reason this should change. Flagging sounds very negative and everybody also regards is as such. The votes are a way to express your opinion backed by your influence on the platform. And it should be nothing else.

So change from flagging wars to simply voting up or down

In the end, is @blocktrades or @ned giving you a big vote and different than @berniesanders or @transisto giving you a downvote. A vote is a vote and it means you got their attention and they actually read what you have to say, maybe next time it will be the other way around.

What I would like to add is that it would be nice to have a comment about WHY the vote was given. I use steemvoter myself on certain authors but do try to read as much as I can and comment as well.

So upvote this post if you liked it and agree and if you downvote please let me know why

thanks and have a nice weekend