Wow good advice

Been there. Done that. And got a huge flag from the person i flagged.

Good post fowllo and vote I'm

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You know what? 

I get flagged everyday. Even though the little piss-ant who does it annoys the shit out of me, I respect him for doing what he believes is right. 

**Even though he’s wrong.**

*I had to get the last word lol.*

What if I flag some one basically bot farming shit posts and he starts flagging my legit posts as a revenge? What about the comments that get spammed like WOW GREAT POST THX FOR SHARING? Should we start flagging those?

what if we get flagged in return??

that's true and I count it a positive action either by removing rewards and keep the community clean or by encouraging the author to improve the content quality and that also will keep it clean

good job. i like your post and following.

Problem is when flagging a whale, it wont make a positive difference, the whale will most likely flag everything on  yourself ehich will hurt alot, I dont think your intentions are to give all of us (your followers) bad reputation and downvotes.

Surely flags are good to use at inappropiate content from smaller accounts, I support that.

Exactly, I dont know what you're talking about. I am just resteem.

Out of thy mouth into God's ears

A whole lot of bullshit earning on steemit. Should these undeserving payout continue? Besides when you flag, they come back flaging you continiously with the same sp that got them the earning. So you end up loosing.

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While I agree wholeheartedly with this message...

Sadly, we have had a whale that flags sometimes for questionable reasons.  He also doubles down on those threats and carries the flagging on for days, and extends the flagging to others who try to share their point of view on the topic or defend the "Flagged User".  

He pounds his chest while reinforcing over and over that if your account is smaller than his he has every right to flag, punish and insult the users of the platform.

Hence we have a culture where people are afraid to make a statement and others are hesitant to defend what they think is right.

With much power comes much responsibility.

you making shit posts of no use to community and still flagging others

I agree.  I've flagged dozens of posts of people who were pirating film and TV on DTube.  I never received a retaliatory flag.  If Steem is going to be worth something, flagging has to be used to curb bad actors.

I wish more people used flags for the reason you suggest. But I see that a lot of the flagging is done by butt hurt little bitches getting emotional about what is said because it goes against their belief system.

I'm flagging a big author every day for one reason, reward disagreement. That got me absolutely nothing and he retaliated by flagging several of my posts to 0. So if you say stand up for what you believe in, that's not the whole picture. You should of said stand up for what you believe in and risk getting fucked in the process.

Heard lots of experience from people on the flag.

Never keep your your freak flag in the closet, let it loose

well post in steemit thanks  for shearing

Man it just sucks to not have a whole lot of steem and wasting voting power not helping and encouraging a good post, but downvoting a crap post that doesnt deserve what it has.. I want to use my power helping good authors.. Once I downvote I am usually on damage control for weeks trying to not get downvoted back.. No easy way

Well flag people who are spamming and abusing steemit. But still we shouldn’t make it personal because then uses  can abuse this and will start flagging other people they don’t like.

Bernie, 

You're like the king of flags, you know what you're doing and you're trying to help steemit which is good. I think if you have the time, it would be really good if you created a "how to" guide to flagging. I don't mean 
1. press flag 
2. then press ok

I mean actually: these are behaviors to flag.
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And some sort of a minnow support to allow us little guys to get a hold of you if our cause is just, so that we don't get killed by some arsehole...

Just a thought.

Ok, I changed my mind, this guy is king of flags: 
http://img.xcitefun.net/users/2009/09/117613,xcitefun-flag-man-.jpg

So let's say your more like emperor of flags.

[Flag King](http://img.xcitefun.net/users/2009/09/117613,xcitefun-flag-man-.jpg)

Affirmative! Though I am of the opinion that there should be a caste system in flagging. Let minnows monitor minnows, dolphins to dolphins/minnows and whales to whales/dolphins/minnows.

While I appreciate your encouragement, I can't imagine that my $500 account stands a chance against the swam that will follow.  Can't say I want my rep to go to (-18) within my first 60 days on the platform.  Who will back me up if it does? You?

I am not sure if me flagging the false prophet will effectively do anything.  What we need is strength in numbers.  I'm talking 5,000 downvotes.  but 5,000 accounts are goin to get swamed with 15,000 pissed off followers.

So help me help you by well, helping me.   I am not sure what kind of help I'm presently asking for.  

*I just know I can't do it alone*

Per steem.supply this guy is taking 41 grand home this week.  He's making over 100 g a month, *easily* from this platform.  Why is this okay?  

While I am a little jealous, what has me annoyed is *everyones* rewards being affected.  

What do *I* do?  What do *we* do?

Can we even take him down @berniesanders?

Feels like we're losing this battle. It's so frustrating.