I applaud you for actually taking action and forcing a solution on those that will not listen. I have thought if you consistently Downvoted or flagged people that are always on the trending pages, change would happen. Some people seem to be immune to the whole situation for reasons I don't want to speculate on. People understand money and exploiting the flaw in this system will hasten action. So glad to see someone actually taking action for change and not just complaining  about it! I wish more people had the guts to risk going against the grain to make steemit the powerhouse it should be.

Oh good, you're back!  I'll get my bot back up and running!

Don't beat yourself up. I think you are trying to do good. In my opinion flags are OK but not as a way to oppress the new, fresh or the weak. There should be an arbitrary level under which people do not touch the poor or the new. It can be devastatingly demotivating and we want as much people as possible to stay. Upvoted and linked to my last post.

I'm not publishing for Steemit, but I'm still 100 % involved with the wonderful people and communities.
I'm really grateful to all that helped me and supported me in many ways.
But I hope Steemit can solve the problem of using people and content as numbers and not looking at its real intrinsic value: feelings and quality of attention given.
All users are guinea pigs in experiments because there is no consensus just plain war between the ones with oligarchic self-interest in the fight for Power, wich gives a bad impression of the rest of the Whales that respect human values.

This flag war must have an end!!!
**The argument that Flagging will solve the problems of Steemit because the flag was not intended to be used as a gun for the wars of the fight for Power and Money of some control that do not their impulses of dominance and give a bad reputation to all the Whales.**
Why do innocent bystanders being shot by the snipers of the Wars between some Rulers just wishing to climb the stairs for the Pyramide of Power and Wealth
They use arguments of acting under in the name of collective power and based in acephalous belief in populist, demagogic redemptorist and pseudo-security by underlying fear and unfortunately, there is a parallel on the growth of people following "authoritarian benevolent figures" and falling down under the arguments of fake security to dissipate their fears 

We have the "alt right like profile" of whales just being abusive and showing their authority by fear and the ones with "alt-left like profile" (false communalism) propagating that they are working for the community, but just disguising their will for totalitarian power. 
They both use the same Gun - Flagging with grenades on others people space.
This flag war that many conservative groups support will destroy this still realizable utopia if people don't understand how to fight for their rights to post and not been harassed, disturbed and annoyed.
One of the signs of the times is the increase of fascistic figures winning elections and climbing the stairs of the Pyramide of Power and Wealth.
In **Harsh Times** People don't respond anymore to arguments, just to emotions the worst way to solve actual centralized oligarchic power resulting in just the castration and mystification of people's opinion and total inequality 
Power is silencing the voices of discord as "misfits" and just give us fake news in the interest of a few, generating a crisis in public centralized leadership trust.
We are in an Era that people must understand that to follow leaders in decentralized systems is not a good strategy for self-autonomy and freedom, because sooner or later they will impose their "belly buttons" to the people following them.It's a time to understand the total delusion of collectivist power.
What we need is "Agents of Change", because they try to change themselves with the same principles they want to act and I see same whales acting this way.
They are guided by what they think is the best solution for all the members of a community and have the "motto" of facilitating an environment for the spread of autonomy, self-awareness, and free speech, as the keys to personal freedom that the Agent believe in the first place.

Can't we just vote the bad behavers off the island?
Ignoring the trolls will cause them to go away?

Great to hear from you, I thought you dropped out of existence. 
Flagging is annoying but if used in a non-malicious way it can be effective but so far is the affectiveness of it that we mainly see.
Ehh.. I have been flagged and I have flagged seeing the full spectrum. It is a great way to rid the platform of thin-skinned crybabies who lied about staying for the community.
In truth, everyone wants their post to have value whether by money or through impact on the reader. Upvotes are supposed to reflect this but often don't.
Spamming the network, bullying, irrelevant tags, hate speech, and general disregard for other people should be the reason flags are dropped. Not because a greedy heart desires more value than others.
At least from my point of view.

Make flagging great again!!!   Why does that sound familiar???

Hey thanks for taking time to write!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.....

That's right... power is the problem.. either upvoting or downvoting...  It is not fair a person to decide not to have a reward at all and kill your rep or to give you a great reward...

It is fair for a whale though to have more power but not that more...

So I just thing that there should be a less but fair amount of power for whales to upvote.

There should be not downvote but flagging . Flagging should destroy reputation BUT maybe each person should have only one vote for the same person. Maybe not even a post flag.. Like "Follow"-"Mute"-"Flag"
So when you flag the other person loses some rep and also his posts are fading out for you... then other persons have to downvote him...

Very interesting to discuss @krnel, the reality is like that, but if someone like me can not do much

All those who complain about flags don't seem to understand where the money comes from in the first place.

Whats the answer and why wont they fix it?

**Downvotes**, not flags. 

Steem is set up to allow anyone with STEEM Power to influence a pending payout. Pending payout amounts are not cumulative and can fluctuate until the time of the actual payout.

Complaining is one thing, proposing a solution to a perceived problem is more productive though. Do you have some idea of what a solution to your downvote complaints would look like?

I complained even though I feared the whale flags. Seriously I'm confused about the issue now, I dunno what the hells-bells is going on. The chaos makers are making me feel dizzy.

> The concentration of power for flagging started because of the concentration of power for regular upvotes

The @krnel is back! I am really excited about finally fixing this problem with HF 19. For months now I have been casually watching Steemits demise, wondering how intelligent people could let something with so much potential be destroyed by greed. Many, many people have pointed out the problem and I hope they are finally taking notice.

Good to see you back!

Winning!

Hi Krnel,
Welcome back.  The great flag drama has died down a bit around here.  It is interesting to me also how people ignore each issue until it impacts them directly.  (I've said this to you before)  
Anyway, no matter the topic I was glad to see you come back.