Hi @steevc. I appreciate this post very much and yes it is difficult to see this type of behavior. I believe that over time people like him will be outed but we have to bide our time and be careful how we approach it in the meantime. The platform no matter how it is configured will have to allow for some bad behavior. He is exploiting the workings at the moment but this will change over time perhaps. Another thing to consider is that Steemit also encourages those interested in getting a return other their investment to be on the platform. When I see people like Haejin this is what comes to mind. The platform is built for him as well as those looking to progress with good comment. I might be wrong but changing things too much might discourage those who come here to invest. Stay strong.
Cheers. I appreciate the freedom here, but it allows him to do what he does. We need the community to act to deal with such issues.
Yeah, I don't think waiting is going to solve anything.
Waiting got us in this mess.
Face it, whales have failed us.
The only way to fix things is for people under them to start flagging more.
I say flag a whale at least once a day, wake them up.
As mentioned above, I am totally against upvoting Kimjungpoo, as it is against the spirit of what Steemit is supposed to be about and he downvotes everyone, including minows like myself.
Having said that I totally agree with you that more needs to be done to avoid a handful of individuals benefiting at the expense of others who also post good content.
Being relatively new, I am not sure what the solution should be, but I would be very sad to see Steemit fail as I love the platform.
I hope a solution is found soon, as seeing these flame wars is not something that I enjoy.
I think we should support those doing things we like. We smaller players cannot deal with the big abusers. I hope things will work out
I agree but things are so interconnected and dealing with things takes time to figure out because they will certainly have other implications above just him. Perhaps give it some time and keep doing your thing.