Not every post / blog / reply on an article I write on this new social media platform steemit is going to be blowing smoke up your butts for creating something new. Occasionally I am going to write something that is going to piss people off, however is not "abusive" of the platform or freedom of speech. There seems to be a serious problem on this "steemit" platform for those who feel different than others who have more "steem power" than them. I call it one vote censorship. Why should one flag by anyone on any post or blog remove all the media from the post, when the post they are flagging is not violating anything? I have down flags on many replies not because my content is violating anything or abusive, but because people are thin skinned and can't take criticism, that is legit? That is the type of platform we are building here?
There needs to be a down vote button that is not "flagging" the post. People on here seem to think that "flagging" is the same thing as down-voting and it isn't. Flagging on here removes and censors the content of what that person said, like images or other content in the post. If a "whale" decides they don't like something a "minnow" says they can easily flag their content with one vote and remove it. That is crazy. There needs to be some sort of down vote for stuff you don't like that doesn't censor the content. If I wrote a scathing blog post about a person with massive financial wealth, they could easily buy a bunch of steem power and just with one vote remove my blog post criticizing them. Is that the type of platform we really want?
Flagging content should be reserved for stuff that violates the terms and services, and / or is illegal, stuff like spam. Flagging peoples replies because you don't like them is so thin skinned and predictable it hurts. I have already experienced it on this platform because I disagree with someone. This is ludicrous. Seriously are we already allowing the building of safe spaces on a new media platform? You got block / mute buttons, you got flagging which removes their content. Is this "steemit" platform to make money and hide in your safe spaces or to allow freedom of speech and end the censorship we have seen across every other social media platform?
I propose adding a down vote button, that way people can get their down vote in without flagging the content. The flagging of content should be handled the way it is on platforms like twitter, where there is a review process associated with it and a claim of terms of service abuse must be accompanied with it. Unpopular opinions are not supposed to be censored, they should be heard but down-voted. Allowing them to be flagged and removed the way this system is set up now is stifling freedom of speech and creating typical safe spaces.
