It has been proven time and again that positive reinforcements almost always leads to better results. Steemit has great potential and I think it can only be harnessed to its full extent if we allow the people work here with passion rather than fear.

'.........is to stress we need to avoid a site where people are put in a position where they have to post the bare minimum so they avoid a flag....'

This statement is so true. Perhaps we need to be even careful in making sure that we encourage the newbies by comments and perhaps slip in minor comment to let them know that they can make the post even better without the copy and paste content.