Downvotes aren't so bad

I don't like them but they are not the end of the world if you get a downvote. It happens in life and should be treated as a small problem.

Where the problem lies for me is in the zeroing of rewards by bigger accounts due to their large stake. If they disagree with a post then downvoting a few percent of a post would show they don't agree. Using their huge stake to wipe away the rewards from a smaller account is akin to bullying in my opinion.

I remember being targeted by Haejin back in the day for weeks as a minnow account. I think that i downvoted his account for 2c on a $50 post and then he spent weeks zeroing every post that i made. It was enough to drive away a lot of users but I managed to stick it out and stay active.

It's the same now with hivewatchers, blocktrades and some of the other og accounts that go out and nuke smaller accounts and drive them away.

A small downvote shows dissatisfaction, nuking accounts kills the chain. We have lost so many users over how posts are rewarded that we have killed the value of the token. If the large stakeholders had refrained from downvoting small accounts we could have 5-10x the amount of users here right now and a thriving economy.

It's short sighted and still happening.

I was not aware that @moon.records was added to the zero list. Is this something they are not willing to negotiate? It's a pity otherwise... The Moon is not the first web3 project to utilize voting power for rewards (Actifit is doing it the same). I could try to use my PIMP and PIZZA tipping for those making it to the Hall of Fame, but it would be necessary that the comments are made from the player's accounts.

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Downvotes are Awesome.
They are a True Blessing in Disguise.
I have been downvoted to zero for no reason for 3 years now. But as a result I sold all my Hive and Bought Bitcoin, Pepe, and a few other meme tokens and earned 100 x what I had.
So thank you very much for the Downvotes.

Hive is awesome.

I think some people are passed reasoning and eventually you can tell that communication does not lead anywhere because they don't wanna be told not to misuse curation, as was the case recently with stickupbois and freecompliments.

I've been trying to counter some of their downvotes, even when I don't fully agree with all the upvotes landing on those users either, it would probably be easier to just set an account that actively counters their downvotes even if it may cost some curation rewards seeing as they gone full malicious downvoting intro posts by newcomers.

The moon records must flow!

This issue has been really hurting my heart lately, because I keep seeing people that I know, and that actively support both our own community, and Hive as a whole, getting all their posts zeroed out. For them, it is so utterly disheartening and demotivating, as they're giving their all to help Hive, and they're being punished. I'm not against downvoting, but it's a tool that needs to be used with actual care, because to me, if a Hiver's posts and comments are being downvoted with no communication as to the reason, it's abuse. From my perspective at the moment, I don't think that Hive will ever be able to reach its full potential if this issue is not resolved, such as a change to the downvote feature, where a reason must be given. I've come to despise downvote trails, because whoever controls the lead account basically has a weapon that they can wield at will, and if their intentions are not admirable, that's a problem. 😁🙏💚✨🤙

I’m beginning to more and more see the use, and necessity, of downvoting. There’s two things in life that work, rewarding and punishing.
I do believe that in the middle, there needs to be education. And blind consistent downvoting without education is not constructive.
And indeed, downvoting is not war, nor should it be.
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!INDEED
!BBH

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"downvotes aren't so bad"

We are in disagreement. Does that warrant a downvote from me? 🙃

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Downvotes are actively killing Hive

I've been getting downvoted for a long time for no reason it's unbelievable

Loads of others face the same thing

Downvotes are used to bully people mostly

Embrace the Darkness …

The point is, ladies and gentleman, that Downvotes -- for lack of a better word -- are good.

Downvotes are right.

Downvotes work.

Downvotes clarify, cut through, and capture the essence of the evolutionary spirit.

Downvotes, in all of its forms -- Downvotes for life, for money, for love, knowledge -- has marked the upward surge of mankind.

And Downvotes -- you mark my words -- will not only save Hive , but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA.

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downvoted by Zero list, which is a list that when users are on, all their rewards are zeroed.

Link?

Agreed. Down votes are not the end of the world. They signal someone disagrees with you. You have a few options: engage in adult dialogue, ignore and move on, counter-vote or rage quit like a child and go on the internet telling everybody about it.

A lot of businesses get down-votes on web2 as well:

So it's not exclusive to HIVE.

and yes...

Not every downvote is a "war".

Agreed. -1% votes are not a declaration of war. sheesh.

Hey Eco, I agree with you. I think communication is key. I've also seen random downvotes from the stickup guys to newbies. I thought they were cool, but it seems that they are very angry. Let's keep building!