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<h4>Let's have an open, civil discussion about flagging.....</h4>

<p>I am not a steemian who goes out of my way to find posts to flag, but if I happen to view (either due to browsing my feed or due to someone alerting me) posts that are plagiarized, or posts that are making personal attacks/contain hate speech, I will dish out a flag.</p>

<p>I always give an explanation as to why I am flagging, and it is not something that I do very often. If I am being completely honest, I always feel like absolute shit after flagging, I would rather use my voting power to help people. Yesterday, it was brought to my attention that a guy was stealing content from two steemians that I consider friends, so I went and flagged his posts, and it turns out he didn't like that very much. He has now begun using me as a subject for his posts, and is spamming hate filled comments underneath my posts.</p>

He clearly wants attention, so you can view his posts: [here](https://steemit.com/fuck/@minhazdipoti/fuck-you-bitch-krazy-kristna) and [also here](https://steemit.com/krazybitch/@minhazdipoti/steemit-id-gliti-girl-steemit-whore)

<p>It should be noted that I have never spoken with this individual, nor have I called him any names. I did point out that he should stop being an awful human being (but in all fairness that was after he had called me a slew of names). I was not trying to bully him, I was simply letting him know that stealing is not acceptable.</p>

<h5>It should also be noted that contrary to his claims, I do not and never have worked for steemcleaners.</h5>

<h4> Sidenote: I understand that some people abuse the ability to flag, and I will not address this in this article because I have no ideas about how to stop that.</h4>

<b>Also also: do not flag people if you are low reputation and/or low steem power, retaliation flags happen often. Do not abuse your ability to flag, simply disagreeing with someone is not a valid reason to flag them.</b>

<h2>Enough about me, let's talk</h2>

<h3>How do you feel about flagging?</h3>

* Do you hate it?
* Do you think it is a function that is needed?
* How do you think it can be improved?
* Have you ever flagged? If so, for what reasons?

<h5>I want to hear your thoughts!!!</h5> 


<h2>As always all the love,</h2>

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