As a blogger on the Hive blockchain, there is nothing more anticipated than an upvote or series of upvotes on your beautifully crafted posts. While this is usually the desired end for most bloggers on the Hive blockchain, sometimes, we receive a notification of a vote, but this time, it is not the time of vote we anticipated, this time, it is a downvote.
What could have gone wrong? What am I doing incorrectly? Who's downvoting my post? We wonder!
In this post, I will be exploring some conditions in which a downvote is imminent and why you may not have to be worried.
The Downvote Trend
Before I delve deep into this, let's talk about a downvote trend I have observed. Almost everyone on the blockchain has received one or more downvotes in some of the contents they share. But there is a somewhat unnerving trend in place, The Anti-Voter.
Here is what I am talking about. Let's say a post is being curated by @ecency, you may notice the anti-voter (or anti-curator) who places a downvote. Let's look at this table:
| Voter | Anti-voter |
|---|---|
Ecency | Xecency |
You | Xyou |
You probably must be worried about this, if especially you are a newbie, but how worried should you be?
I think, not so much, most times, these anti-voters may not have as much downvote strength or maybe, do not apply as much downvote force on these posts, thus, resulting in a very insignificant change in a post's worth.
However, it is possible that these anti-voters may grow in strength in the future, but we can't tell. And the motivation behind this remains unknown.
If you have got a better explanation about this trend, please, your comments are appreciated.
The Downvote Culture
With that out of the way, are there situations where a downvote could be necessary? The answer is a resounding yes.
Some situations that could lead to you being downvoted are:
- Not adhering to the rules of the community
- Sharing a plagiarized content
- Sharing images that are copyrighted
- Spamming, and much more.
So, look out for big users (whales) downvoting on your post and politely make an inquiry about this.
The Conversation around Downvotes
There could be other times that a downvote is significant and clearly unwarranted, a downvote that could result in a significant reduction in your reward value. What could be wrong?
This is clearly speculative, based on my conversation with a few users around the downvote situation. There is a speculation that some rather significant anti-votes you receive may not be your making, but may result from differences among whales.
While this is highly speculative, it does not rule out the possibility of this occurring.
Are the whales fighting? There is definitely a lot going on under the hood that we may never come to know about. But I strongly believe that grievances could be expressed differently, and conflicts resolved amicably without the downvote bombs.
Feel free to share your thoughts on this and critique my opinion kindly if need be.
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