RE: Are Steemit Whales @GoldSeek @adm @hilarski Abusing Their Steem Power? Yes They Are! Proof Inside!
From the response you gave @stephen.king989 it is clear that you are being misleading, at least that's how it looks to me.
You state 'for no reason', yet there is very obviously a reason, as you are in a group that acts in concert to flag anyone that flags anyone in your group.
This may not be against the rules, but I do hope you can understand that some people don't like it. The rules also do not prohibit them flagging anyone they want.
Just like it doesn't prohibit you, or your group, from flagging anyone they want to.
I do oppose whales flagging for personal reasons, because I feel it amounts to censorship - exactly why I oppose groups flagging for the same reason - or no reason at all.
I hope that from your experience here, learning that your whole group flagged @stephen.king989 for no good reason, you will rethink your strategy of flagging en masse.
I am told that there were times in Steemit's past called the 'bot wars' in which groups of bots engaged in hostile flagging back and forth. I know of persons with thousands of bots, and they are not hesitant to use them, to upvote, or downvote.
I do not say this as a threat, as I would not use that service. I have never asked for, signed up for, or otherwise ever used a bot for any kind of vote. I do know that bots have voted on my posts, but I am not the botmaster.
I say that about the bots, because if you, as a group, flag the wrong person, such a botnet will flag all your groups accounts into oblivion, and I am certain you don't want that to happen.
If you didn't learn not to do that from flagging an innocent account as a group, I hope my comment will at least help you to consider changing how you proceed in the future.
The bot wars can be revived at any time. You might set them off.
Don't.
Very well put.
I forgot about the bot wars. I made it through that without any major wounds, nor did I participate, but there was a lot of crazy stuff going on for a while with some big whales targeting people.
I was not aware of the flagging by my group as I was not responsible of it. However, I did apologize to @stephen.king989 as I thought he was the one that started it. But the whale @adm @hilarski and rest are the real issue here. Why is everyone ignoring the fact that they downvoted me because I comment and ReSteemed a Post that was exposing them?, Maybe people are indeed afraid of talking against whales in this "decentralized" social platform.
I am ignoring nothing. When you posted and resteemed a post, did you expect they would not flag you?
If you have a look at my comments, you will see that I do not shy away from speaking factually regarding whales, or anyone else.
Also you will see that I have never been flagged.
Why?
I have stated that I don't care if they flag me, because what is important to me is the content of the minds of those I talk to here, not their wallets. I suspect this has insulated me from flagging, as I am not talking out my neck when I say these things, but have demonstrated them from my first post here. All I have said is verifiable on the blockchain.
Perhaps your own interest in rewards makes you vulnerable to having them taken away punitively. Dunno.
However, I know that if you live by principles you espouse, and aren't focused on money, you can say what is true to those that may not like it, and not get flagged, because I have done it.