This is absolutely horrifying. I'm so sorry, Michelle.
- posts making too much money? BAD and FLAGGED
- author serializing her own work? BAD and FLAGGED
I could not feel worse if it was happening to me.
At the same time - I'm following two other posts from other steemers also being flagged for content the big guys don't like. All this week.
Finally the whales come out to make an impression on the minnows.
Instead of upvoting, interacting, and improving things - no - we get more turmoil and more bad feelings in this nuthouse.
Hang on - honestly - I like what @michelle.gent is writing but that is not the topic of this discussion, if someone feels to flag it this is all allowed - I dealt with flags a lot - I do not understand what all these discussions are about. No matter if I agree what @transisto is doing - he has the right to do it - i had arguments with him too already and got flag where i was in disagreement. But that is the system and in that case I trust the system. He is an investor - different view as a content creator - it will all be balanced but I do not understand why someone posts 7 articles about the topic.
Hmm... Ok - I see that point. I need to just crawl back in my minnow hole :)
At least I know to never engage that particular person for any reason.
No need to crawl back - everyone can express their opinion, that is perfectly fine! I am posting about this as it really pisses me off a bit now and i decline payout too. I love you, you know that - everyone can express their thoughts but they also need to understand other people might have other opinions.
Aw, my tsusers. What would I do without you! Big hugs to you, Uwe.
I need to put my head down and post my content. This is my goal - not yet realized and ongoing. 7 out of 10 Americans are still fat and it's getting worse so my life is a big effing fail anyway. And now I'm being distracted by the Mean Girls of steemit!!!!!
Michelle was the third person - and now I have a few more - telling of recently being flagged - like in the last days. There's post after post about it if you want to look.
I guess the flagging team was on a rest and got back to work a few days ago. I had no idea you were all up here scheming and ratting each other out for fun times. Steemit is non-intuitive, but jeez....
REQUEST: Can someone make a list of all the ways you can make these people mad and how to not do these certain things? Do they publish their guidelines? I found out they snitch through wallet tranactions which really took the cake for me today!
Maybe they could publish :
The Steemit Mean Girls Red Paper
47 dense pages of stuff not to do or you will be crushed
I might possibly read that one.
I rarely hear from or of the big guys - but when I do - it's never good. It's always some explosion of haterade and upset. So sorry for everyone!
Until just now - I did not realize this flagging was an ongoing thing up in the ranks. Holy cow this place gets more disturbing the longer I'm here.
It's like Lord of the Flies where the children are let loose on the island to kill each other. I feel privileged to be watching and since I never make money at anything I guess have no fear of the flag fairys unless they decide my content is not up to snuff. Maybe it would help if everyone would try Dry Skin Brushing with my affiliate link! Or you could just shoot me.
I love you too, Uwe - and always have such fun seeing you on any platform :)
Please write that Red Paper! ;)
LEL
All my internets to you!
Thank you! I think it's perfect when movies fit life. I'm glad to see this mess seems to be blowing over. Everybody needs to just play nice and hug it out.
And I think they need to write this paper. Just tell us what you flag so we know. Hello! I do all kinds of stuff on the internet. I can't be expected to understand selective censorship in a censorship-free place I thought.
All of the sudden I find out Xenu is here this week. Seriously, I'm just trying to get my message out. The complexity of steemit is so diverse.
I want to put more alt health info here - hopefully big pharma won't show up with some big money.
It's a shame I've ended up on the wrong side of a few whales for standing my ground and protesting about flags on good work.
Hang in there - I have been so impressed with your work even though we are in completely different areas. I bookmarked your "how I write" series. This really hits home to me as a fellow (not as successful) author.
Thank you! I had no idea how that was going to pan out, to be honest. I'm fortunate, you see. Writing seems to come easy to me and how do you explain the technique of something that is second nature?
Exactly - and you did a great job with that series. Very inspiring and I write non-fiction :)
This too shall pass. I truly hope.
Thank you 😊
I reckon the flaggots would change their tunes quickly if their ROIs were so impacted by flags.
That's why Steemit is an oligarchy, and why it won't succeed in the long term, unless that changes. There are other forks, UIs, and similar platforms coming online, and either Steemit gets out in front of the desires of common folks, who aren't deeply pocketed, or their investments in Steem will reflect their conceit, arrogance, and self-absorption.
We will have nominal and uncensored platforms that allow all to speak freely, in time. If Steemit doesn't become such a platform, it will be neglected by users accordingly.
It is no fluke or coincidence that overall retention of users, including bots, is at ~20%, and of all the accounts opened in 2016, but ~11% are still active. This is perhaps the worst retention rate in the industry, of extant social media platforms.
Competition is coming. Invest accordingly. Either grow Steemit, and enjoy the massive appreciation in the value of Steem that will engender, or watch it die, along with your investment in it.
Unlike most folks, I'm not here for rewards. I'm here for a censorship free platform that provides rewards, because that's what the market - and I - demand. I've never touched a satoshi of Steem, and have no plans to do so.
This relieves me of fear of flaggots, since I don't care about rewards.
Liberating. However, I do care about other's rewards, since that's why they're here, and I want them here.
Quit flagging good content, dolts! I agree with you @fitinfun