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RE: Muzzled in SteemChat on Discord.
there is no sense in having a downvote that has no value unless the matching upvote likewise has no value. We may not like it but one needs to match the other or there is zero way to deal with those who do abuse the system.
In a better world no one would abuse the system but we don't have that world. So, up and down must balance and carry the same value. I am more inclined to move on than downvote most of them time but there are lots of situations where they are needed and need to be there.
I'm inclined to live and let live myself with respect to being one who does not downvote. What I can not reconcile about people who do otherwise is that we naturally accept the fact that the more steem a person has, the bigger their upvote is. By HODLing a large amount of steem any given stakeholder adds value to the crypto, and this is because they are not selling.
The only reason to continue to HODL the steem from an investors perspective is if they can capitalize off of it. Part of this has to do with them using their stake in such a way that it will be self-serving or that they can benefit from it. Now I think with this HF some steemians who are large stakeholders will take counter measures and easily thwart what they have attempted to do. But the moment that a HF succeeds in making it too difficult for investors to capitalize then I would forsee a mass selloff.
This is because people can invest in the blockchain and profit, or they can store their money in a bank in exchange for an annual percentage yield. If I was an investor to any substantial degree, I'd want to be able to draw back at least what I would have earned in APY. I just don't know if social media and the blockchain were ever meant to be joined like this. It seems to be forcing people into unnatural behavior patterns. I feel much better not upvoting something than I do downvoting it. Not everyone wants to be like Simon from American Idol, or Caesar with his infamous thumb signals that made or broke people.
There is a big push for social credit score systems in the world which use operant conditioning to control the population. To me downvotes at their best come off similar to the punishment end of operant conditioning, or at their worst petty theft. I wrote a bit about this here if you're interested. I see what you wrote and comprehend what you mean but if it's going to change my behavior in an unnatural, or in a negative way, I'd rather just not engage in that kind of activity.