Is flagging a thing that happens a lot? I'm fairly new, and I'm drawn to people who write in their own voices (thank you). I didn't even realise that you could down vote at first, and provided it's not an obvious shitpost bot or some really heinous rhetoric, what is the reasoning behind it? What do you an individual have to gain?
I like the idea of building a network of people who lift each other up. It seems to be about 50/50 in terms of people I've run into so far — those who hoard their votes and resteems jealously, and those who have some influence who are pushing others to be better. ...I think we know who is going to do better for themselves and the community in the long run.
The biggest reasoning is if its abuse/inappropriate content that shouldn't be viewed on the front-end. Although many like to use it as a way to hide comments/posts or censor users, although everything is still visible on the blockchain.
Yup, there are all kinds of users on a decentralized platform...
Interesting. So you mostly have to surround yourself with good, put out the content you believe in, and hope you don't run into a bag of dicks. Truly, a metaphor for real life.
Haha, well said.