It's my understanding that sometime in the past a flag war that would make the current goings on look like a minor 5th grade lunchroom food fight happened and @berniesanders was repeatedly flagged by a single user with a very high rep(70+) that had a ton of Steem Power.
It seems in its short existence Steemit already has a colorful history.
@randystiefer It's very hard to gain reputation here... and it takes a lot of time and effort... But too bad that one single user can bring down your reputation to zero with just a few flags. It might take an year to reach (70) but it can get to (-18) in a few days,,,Don't you think the algorithm is faulty?
You really have to tip toe around the whales here and that is kind of whack.
fuck that, something has to change.
i was attacked by a 50 when i was a 35 and dropped to 12, but was saved by a whale that brought me back... and saw him downvote that guy.
so it really does depend on us having good whales... what is our protection from the bad ones?
@viraldome @klevn This algorithm sucks really... It's very hard for us minnows you know. When you flag back a whale, it doesn't even count to anything!