/s
^_{For the unaware, that means sarcasm.}

Look at this gem! 💎

Why do people think this is still ok?

I can understand $10 or so for an original meme.

But $158???

That's A LOT of paid votes.

You jonesin' for upvotes there, bud?

I want to play a game @nolimit909.

Let's start with something easy. Which one is not like this others?

Source

Ok, next exercise. This one may be a little more difficult for you.

🎵 Cue Jeopardy Music 🎵

Ok, Pencils down. Let's check our answer.

Answer

The question at this point is what should we do with this post?

• Flag it and claim @steemflagrewards votes for bid bot abuse
• Notify bot owners for blacklist and unvote.
• Flagrewards Campaign.
• All of the above?

Thank you @therealwolf for blacklisting this user with the quickness!

Steem Community Let your voices and flags be heard.

          If this gets enough support, we may be able to get the bot owners to unvote without refund the abuser in question. We have accomplished this in the past and am confident we can do it again. The power of the community is great. Recommend leaving a comment below so the bot owners can evaluate.

If you really want to help, help us by requesting that the bot owners unvote via Discord, Steem.chat, and other platforms.

          Paid out the last flag rewards campaign and those payments to flaggers were pretty good. Negative curation can be risky business so I like to be able to compensate users that help take on this task. To be honest, we need much more negative curation on this platform.

Spreading the good word on Minds about what we do on Steem. I didn't even boost that one yet. Nice!

SFR Project Updates:

• Added additional abuse categories to address unique forms of abuse.

Github Commit

• Art Paraphrasing

You created a derivative artistic work but failed to cite the source(s) of inspiration. This is often a method employed to deceive curators in order to receive greater rewards.

Prime example

@logic weighing in on the issue. Respect!

          Kudos to @jaguar.force for unraveling it. Notice, how the user would edit their comments after the fact. See Comment.

          This is a a sign of possible deception. Abusers taking advantage of @ntopaz curation will often feign ignorance. They will then continue to not source the inspiration of their work. This is a method of embellishing their own talent. I see this as an affront to any honest artist in the NTopaz community. Glad they have taken measure to address via their guidelines.

          We have discussed this matter with their admin along with @jaguar.force. This resulted in a prompt unvote of that user. We don't know if the author's intent was to deceive. Thus, enforcement of the established guidelines should be agnostic to perceived intent.

          When the failure to cite affects their rewards, think it is reasonable to expect change. Glad we were able to work with them to improve their process.

See my comment about an earlier instance of art paraphrasing.

Moving on to the next category

• Contest Spam

You created a contest requiring votes, resteems or follows for entry. SFR considers these tactics manipulative. Posts that require upvotes to enter or play in a contest or game falls under spam or abuse in the Steemit.com FAQ.

Comment Link

          The contest spam issue has been pervasive enough that it could have an entire post dedicated to it. We observed another user employing the same tricks and obtaining a very high @steem-ua score.

          I have notified @holger80 and @scipio of the latest instance of a user gaming their system. Hope they will be able to review and take appropriate action. Essentially, buying followers for increased UA support should be a no-go and grounds for blacklist (or adjusted score) in my humble opinion.

          I am not a fan of this scammy methodology. If you run a contest, it should never require resteems, upvotes or follows to enter. It's nothing new. Users are always trying to employ cheap tricks to get ahead.

Earn your following like the rest of us!

Thus, we will be accepting flags for this category henceforth. I have given @richatvn's an admonishment so hold flags.

Flag campaign is NOW OPEN for this post.

Progress will be tracked via @smartmeme and flaggers meme ranks will be updated.

Example Above of Gamified Flag Ranks

If you want to work to earn the prestigous content cop rank, send those flags!

Would you like to delegate to the Steem Flag Rewards project and promote decentralized moderation?

_{It's much more fashionable than self-voting.}

Here are some handy delegation links!

50 SP 100 SP 500 SP 1000 SP

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New Supporter Incentives Coming!

I will be providing increased flag incentives to those that:

• Follow me
• Follow @steemflagrewards
• Follow @smartmeme
• Follow @sfr-mod-fund

This will improve our @busy.org support and flag capabilities. It is NOT a requirement but will be a perk for those willing to support. Furthermore, I will be working flagger / delegator incentives into the @steemflagrewards upvote algorithm. Stay Tuned.

_{Note: The primary incentive is reducing the profitability of abuse platform wide. This benefits all users of the Steem blockchain so please consider support.}

Also, here is my SteemAuto fanbase link if you would like to be one of my consistent supporters.

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Liquid Rewards of this post will go to Flaggers! Glad to make that sacrifice.