There are abusers on all the tribes no doubt. It's a problem on Steem. Luckily we have some very skilled abuse fighters and developers who are able to link suspicious activities.
Is there some reference material you can point me towards regarding the definition of steemit abuse activities?
It's pretty broad, and many varying opinions regarding abuse on the blockchain. Plagiarism is definitely considered abuse here, not sourcing creative commons images is considered abuse by some, but is a grey area because of variance of opinions.
Mass account creation with the intent to vote farm is widely agreed upon as abuse. Some people will use those accounts to comment a (.) on old posts to hide the activity, then upvote with alts and or/friends who are in on a circle jerk style abuse of this exploitation.
There are witnesses here who are able to link alt accounts. I don't know their techniques for doing so, but posts I've read in the past have indicated that this is an ongoing problem, and new rings are discovered everyday. Of course it happens with the tribes too.
@steemcleaners is one such account which searches for this type of abuse.
@steemflagrewards is another.
The devs from @minnowsupport manage https://steem-engine.com and have linked accounts abusing through use of tribe farming utilizing steem-engine to trade coins.
@jaguar.force Is a skilled team that hunts down and exposes plagiarism.
I'm sure there are some more efforts, these are just the ones that come to mind off the top of my head.
When it comes to tribe abuse, I help on the #weedcash network as an admin. When someone recognizes suspicious or obviously suspicious account activity, we discuss it as a team, and there are different skillsets within the team. If we make a determination that someone is abusing (collectively agreed upon), then either a warning will be issued, or if it is severe abuse to the network, like farming, then a ban from using that tribe token can be implemented to the abusing account(s).
Finding specific posts would take me a while, but you can visit these accounts as references to abuse fighting on the Steem blockchain, and perhaps there will be some posts which outline the specifics you are looking for.
I hope this helps @logiczombie :)
My pleasure @logiczombie,
The unofficial etiquette guide loads for me on https://steempeak.com (My preferred frontend, it truly is remarkable and works great in my opinion).
I think it's likely crashing because it is beyond comprehensive lol. It's a huge post with a ton of images, and most of it is very agreeable to me, but a tad outdated. It was written in 2016, and with a quick glance, I do think it is rather sound. Much of it is opinion based, and I think many might find disagreeable points, but I did not thoroughly read it yet, as I am waking from a nap and need to clear my head. (Been a busy day with much running around on almost no sleep.)
I'm going to finish waking back up here and take a look at the post you linked in your other comment for me :)
P.S. If I find any other reference material, I will come back to this comment and link it for you.
Wow! That loaded like, instantly! Thanks! - https://steempeak.com/steemit/@thecryptofiend/the-complete-steemit-etiquette-guide-revision-2-0
My pleasure. Do be sure to check out the settings. You can customize Steempeak quite a bit, and also, you have the ability to switch nodes. Integration with Steem Keychain is seamless, and also a tool which nodes can be switched with, as well as many other options for transacting on the blockchain. (It works with signing transactions on Steemworld too.)