RE: I am powering down - The extent of Hive censorship finally reached my awareness!
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There have been whale wars and conflicts of personality resulting in unjust downvoting, but on the whole, I still believe it's an essential tool to keep spam and abuse at bay. The reputation system probably needs to be revamped so large stakeholders are no longer immune to criticism, and I say that as someone on the cusp of becoming an Orca myself. However, in my observation, the most vocal complaints about downvotes tend to come from bad actors. Not an accusations against you, but an overall impression from the wider conversations on the topic.
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I am careful what I post about, so that I do not trigger automatic and trailed downvoting from someone I might get into an argument with on Hive. Some kind of control on the downvoters, perhaps in their reputation, would help curb capricious downvoting. I get the value against spam and plagiarism.
I'm not a huge fan of vote trails, up or down, because I support manual curation or HP delegation as better methods. However, downvotes abuse with trails of people unintentionally zeroing someone seem.especially egregious. That said, I write what I want, plain and simple.
Thank you for sharing that insightful comment. I am quite happy the more opinions I can gather on this matter from ALL points of view and different people, what they see and how they feel. It is the only way to really learn, which is exactly why free and open discourse has to be the norm.
Blessings!