Opinion: January 29, 2022. The Negativity of Downvotes

in #hive-167922 • 3 years ago

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Downvotes are an element of the HIVE blockchain. They are used for users to express their dissatisfaction with blog posts. In theory they make sense. Just as there are upvotes, there should be downvotes.

The problem is that we are human beings. We react psychologically to downvotes in a negative way. It is true that some users will try to "use the system", publish illegal material, or publish plagiarized content. The problem is that the ones who take upon themselves to act as police are not necessarily better morally equipped than the accused of publishing "bad content".

These "guardians of the HIVE purity", when they have significant power in the blockchain, abuse their power through the vehicle of downvoting. They do not analyze the content. They hit before asking questions.

Socially, this has the effect of keeping people away from the blockchain. Without the increase in numbers, there will not be a successful blockchain and the financial success will be measured as the total market capitalization and its relative comparison with competing networks.

This post is intended to only raise awareness. In order to make actual financial decisions please contact your financial advisor and/or tax advisor prior to making the decision.
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     3 years ago 

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     3 years ago 

    Ты чего минусуешь китяра?

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     2 years ago 

    you delegate to pfunk who is a bully and downvoting projects bringing value to Hive... be nice if he had less power to bully folks away from Hive...
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         2 years ago 

        All that money you're scamming Hive users selling NFTs for vaporware and you care about losing $2.50 or so to a downvote? You're not good at scamming here, find another (more productive hopefully) profession.

        "77 Hive for a shit post and invest in Hive Punks yet bully flag a game and project building with NFTs that have utility... you are absolute trash"

        You're projecting ^

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           2 years ago 

          You sabotaging Hive instead of being constructive with your jealous judgmental self should find another profession, the circle jerk you are a part of will end soon... games are coming to test soon and if you keep calling it vaporware you are then also calling the several witnesses on this project scammers too correct? this is not my profession yet an investment scumbag.

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             9 months ago 

            To think that downvoting people will make them go away is mistaken. Some might leave, but we won't. We will continue until changes are made, or Hive ceases to exist. We will keep going because we get paid either way, and we have nothing to lose. Unlike those bad whales who don't care, we do, and they will realize it. Just wait until the big sell-off happens; you will see the price of Blurt and Steem rise while Hive fails hard. As we have said many times, the truth always prevails.

            Remember in the end, the truth will come out, and those who lied will look much worse. At Bilpcoin, we've posted many times asking why our legitimate content was being targeted as if we were doing something wrong. We have never taken from Hive or Steemit. We've invested money and have been treated poorly by many. And now you have the nerve to try to sway others to invest in Hive so you and your friends can cash out? We weren't born yesterday LOL, so think again. We've spent many hours going through a lot of transactions, and as we know, transactions don't lie—people do. So keep lying if you wish, but it doesn't change the truth. Enjoy it while you can, because it will all come crashing down soon LOL.

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             2 years ago 

            Why you downvoted me

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             9 months ago 

            To think that downvoting people will make them go away is mistaken. Some might leave, but we won't. We will continue until changes are made, or Hive ceases to exist. We will keep going because we get paid either way, and we have nothing to lose. Unlike those bad whales who don't care, we do, and they will realize it. Just wait until the big sell-off happens; you will see the price of Blurt and Steem rise while Hive fails hard. As we have said many times, the truth always prevails.

            Remember in the end, the truth will come out, and those who lied will look much worse. At Bilpcoin, we've posted many times asking why our legitimate content was being targeted as if we were doing something wrong. We have never taken from Hive or Steemit. We've invested money and have been treated poorly by many. And now you have the nerve to try to sway others to invest in Hive so you and your friends can cash out? We weren't born yesterday LOL, so think again. We've spent many hours going through a lot of transactions, and as we know, transactions don't lie—people do. So keep lying if you wish, but it doesn't change the truth. Enjoy it while you can, because it will all come crashing down soon LOL.

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             3 years ago 

            I got downvotes on some of my comments from @adm and it doesn't even explain why. I found this very strange because issuing downvotes on personal opinions is something I really didn't expect.
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            Now I'll find out what to do, but I admit I don't even want to. If even personal comments are reported, I would say that sooner or later I too will get bored.

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             3 years ago 

            There is not really much to do, they hold the power, and have chosen to abuse it. It is sick behavior, but human. And, as you can see in the response, they enjoy doing it

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             3 years ago 

            Don't worry, HIVE is certainly not perfect, it's still run by humans...and humans make mistakes.

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               3 years ago 

              I am not concerned. They are human, for sure.

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                 3 years ago 

                They are used for users to express their dissatisfaction with blog posts

                Just a note from me ... they are not to express their dissatisfaction with blog posts. The true reason is they are to represent how much someone wishes for the pool of rewards to be taken on to that post. I can still like that post personally but if I think it should not get any rewards, I can just don't vote for it (although I can even say, on the comments that it was hilarious/funny, etc).

                The ideal scenario in my view would be a system of up/down voting (for rewards) to be independent of the "like/dislike" system. This way people could just say something as simple as...

                "I really love what you just said, but that should not get any rewards because it's a joke, mess up"

                or

                "You are really a dumb ass and I hate what you are saying, but that has some value for this blockchain"

                or

                "I hate what you are saying and you should not get any rewards... for what you are doing"

                or

                "I really like this and this is how much I would vote for rewards on your post"

                All 4 situations exist but are mixed up in a single 2 option scenario, which in many situations will fork into comments explaining why, but not necessarily all the time.

                So, if the reason for providing rewards is lured into "liking"... that's not the right expression in my view... I have never seen that as the reason. You can downvote me as much as you wish when you don't like to provide rewards for what I am posting. But when eventually more people agree... that changes on the current system.

                This has been an inefficient fight in the past, and I think there is enough proof that it needs "visual" addressing at least... I am just providing my opinion. Anyone can either disagree or not.

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                     26 days ago 

                    I downvote spam. You can see one of the spammers has infested your comment section. This is the kind of behavior we need to disincentivize. I suggest just scrolling past or commenting when you disagree with a post, and reserve downvotes for actual antisocial or destructive behavior like spam, fraud, and the like.

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