Flagging is one of the most misunderstood subject at Steemit. Although a lot of users including the veterans dread being flagged, they often wonder why their post was flagged in the first place. In this post I would like to share what you can do to prevent your post from being flagged.
To prevent your post from being flagged, you can take the following actions:-
Do not post articles that can incite hatred.
Do not post child pornography.
Do not copied and paste contents from other sources.
Do not try to pass off content taken from another source as your own work. If your post contained information which taken from another source, the source of the information must be cited. Please note that making minor amendments to contents taken from another source (this is known as the creation of spun articles) may also be flagged.
Photographs/Images which are not taken by you personally should be used with proper attribution. If you do not cite the source of the photographers, you may be perceived as trying to pass off other people's photograph as your own.
You must use the nsfw (not suitable for work) tag if you post nude or graphic images.
Please make sure you use the proper tags which are related to the contents of your post. The use of the more popular tags such as introduceyourself or steemit for contents which are not related to these tags is known as tag spam and may attract flagging.
Avoid spamming in tags which is the excessive use of the same tag. For example the introduceyourself tag is meant for a new user to introduce himself and you should not use this tag to many times. However the permitted frequency is still rather vague.
You must not copy or paste the same comments on too many post. This is known as comment spam. Again the permitted frequency is also rather vague. I have noticed that there are robots which welcomed new users with the same message. However these robots are not penalized. It seems that only human users pasting the same comments are penalized and in a way, this is not fair.
Celebrities or famous creators of blogs or arts need to verify their identities. This is to prevent identity theft and identity deception.
Please note the above list is not exhaustive.
The immediate effect of being flagged is reduction in the earnings of your post. Your reputation may also be adversely affected by flagging, causing it to drop. This is true especially if you are flagged by another user with a higher reputation. Additional flagging will make you post less visible and it may disappear eventually.
Those who have been flagged can either respond directly to @steemcleaners or report to Steemitabuse-appeals channel at Steemit. Chat.
Word Of Advice
Please, please, please do not flag another user, if you disagree with their content or disagree with their views stated in their post.
References:
Plagiarism Guide
Tag Spam And High Frequency Posting
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