nobody will notice!

Well in that case, sure. I did pick up on something using my ole noggin again, but I can't say I truly give a fuck. Based on this whole idea of yours that goes a little something like, "You're not included because you don't think the right way," I've realized the upvote/downvote thing is just superficial nonsense. You folks might think and promote this idea downvotes are nonexistent, but the reality is, the new downvote here is simply the act of not upvoting. There's no middle ground now. It's all, or nothing.

So two things that'll happen in the future guaranteed are:

• There will be a lot of folks 'kissing ass' and attempting to think 'the right way' in order to get those votes.

• For folks not receiving support the effect on the mind will be similar to the inner turmoil caused by being downvoted so some of the same drama will still occur.

People can tilt the playing field or move the goal posts, replace something with something else and so on, but that doesn't change the people.

So in this case, I suspect those being downvoted elsewhere then coming to this new tribe to complain about downvotes and mock any other system would then receive support since that's the 'right way' to think. One could even exploit this system and manipulate the people offering support simply by treating a select few around hive like shit, setting themselves up to get downvoted, then eventually earn through this tribe by developing a smear campaign they're not even serious about. What I'm saying is rather than exploiting a 'system', they could just fuck with your heads. All those rules in place to protect the reward pool can easily be bypassed provided the 'groupthink' within this tribe is predictable enough to be manipulated.

So that's something to think about, I guess.