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RE: Steemit.com UI Changes to Flagging - Pull Request Submitted
I think most of these changes would reduce some of the backlash to downvotes. The UI element that counts them in particular I think makes people resent them more.
If the logged in user has flagged a post, the mouseover will show that post with the red 'flagged' icon, so that the user can still tell if they have flagged the post:
It should be indicated no matter what if it's been downvoted.
"Flag" on Steemit doesn't mean the same as "flag" on any other website ever. So it's misnamed according to the de facto definition of flag on the web. It's a poorly shoehorned concept on to what the blockchain still sees as a downvote.
Yes. Ideally changing everything "flag" related to just be "downvote" would be a better solution.
[Edit] I see this as an additional improvement that could be made at at later date on top of these changes. It is a much larger change to make though (which involves changing icons, and moving a bunch of stuff around), so it would be good to see if there is traction on this 'smaller' change first before spending a lot of time to completely overhaul it back to 'downvotes'.