This guide was requested by the user @farmstead on a previous post.
If anyone has a topic they would like a guide written for, feel free to ask in the comments and I'll get it on my to-do list.
This is gonna be a somewhat shorter guide since there aren't a ton of easy ways to offer on this. Lately, more often than not when you see a post payout going down(which I wrote about here, it's due to the price of Steem going down (payouts run off the 3.5 day price average) and not from being flagged. But it's sill good to know for sure!
Q: How can I find out if my post has been flagged?
Short Answer: Check the post out on Steemd.
After changes a while back took place, we no longer saw a flag counter next to our posts on Steemit. Instead we see little dot or more (depending on the Steem Power behind the flag) next to the flag icon on articles.
So what were going to do is check out the voting details of your post on Steemd. To to this:
- Open the post you are wanting to check on in Steemit.
- In the URL in your browser, Change the "it" in Steemit.com to "d" so it becomes Steemd.com.
It's been a while since I have gotten any flags, so I had to go back a bit to find one as an example for you.
For example:
My steemit post URL: @sykochica/2016-transgender-day-of-remembrance
I change the "it" in Steemit.com to "d" so it becomes Steemd.com in this...so if becomes
https://steemd.com/lgbt/@sykochica/2016-transgender-day-of-remembrance
- Once you've made the change to the URL (web address) hit the enter key and you'll see the Steemd page.
- Look at the bottom of the voting list. If you see a thumbs down with any names next to it, those are flags on your post. If you don't see any thumbs down with names, you've not received any flags.
Q: Can I do this on SteemDb.com too?
Short answer: Yes..instead of changing the steemit.com (in the posts URL/web address) to steemd.com...change it to steemDB.com.
So this is is very similar to what we did above, with a couple differences at the end. So to find out if you've been flagged on SteemDB.com :
- Open the post you are wanting to check on in Steemit.
- In the URL in your browser, Change the "it" in Steemit.com to "db" so it becomes Steemd.com.
It's been a while since I have gotten any flags, so I had to go back a bit to find one as an example for you.
For example:
My steemit post URL: @sykochica/2016-transgender-day-of-remembrance
I change the "it" in Steemit.com to "db" so it becomes Steemdb.com in this...so if becomes
https://steemdb.com/lgbt/@sykochica/2016-transgender-day-of-remembrance
Once you've made the change to the URL (web address) hit the enter key and you'll see the Steemdb page.
Click the Votes tab.
- Click the Weight button at the top of that column TWO TIMES. This will make the lowest weights be at the top of the list.
- Anything that shows a negative vote % means it's a flag. The other negative number (which indicates a flag versus upvote) under reward shares shows you the strength of the flag.
TAADAAA! That's it! You're now a master at tracking down if you've been flagged and by whom. Hopefully this isn't something you will need to know, but it's available should it be.
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