And here I thought the free downvotes were being added in to combat abuse like misuse of the rewards pool, fraud and plagiarism, trolling, spam; since abuse was running rampant and not much was being done about it.
You think it's a good idea to use downvotes for opinions, personal battles and trolling? So, rather than attempting to solve toxicity, you'll promote it? Rather than attempting to solve the issues with free downvotes, you think it's a good idea to create new problems with the free downvotes?
I think that's a terrible idea. I'd prefer to see people acting professionally and taking these votes seriously. I suppose that sounds like a stupid idea and I'm acting irrational.
I had to sit and watch "investors" act like children on the trending page for months, with their "flag war".
Much of this hardfork exists to encourage responsible behavior. It's designed to remove rewards from abusers and put them in the hands of users.
If the abusers are just going to pout and continue to fuck with the users, there's no point in hardforking the place. If drama, and being all giddy about drama, is what people want here, instead of actual curation, there's no point in hardforking the place.
I'm certain that 'I' in EIP stands for improvement. They can hardfork the blockchain but they can't hardfork your brains. If people really want to see improvements, they'll have to make improvements. It's not up to the damn code. That's just an excuse people use to act irresponsibly. Playing the blame game because they're too ashamed to admit they control themselves.
Anyway. Have a nice day.
I am not promoting it, I am saying it will happen and that is a huge difference.
Just offering my... what appears to be, two cents, so far.
You did say:
Whereas I think those are solid guidelines. People can use words if they want to troll or have personal battles and opinions.
Ah, okay... I misunderstood.
It's a good point. My issue with the box is it encouraging people to say things like..
I was downvoted for the wrong reasons. And as we both experienced lately what are we going to say about the idiots who downvote everyone to express their sad lives?
There are bad reasons to downvote. Just like there are bad reasons to post or complain or whatever. Just because someone can do something, doesn't mean it's right, or that you lose the right to complain.
Honestly downvote harassment is 100x worse than people complaining about it.
Steem is trying to do stakeholder governance, but having stake doesn't give you the right to be an ass, or undermine the company. Imagine if shareholders used their stake in a corporation to waste executive time, troll or otherwise undermine the company. Or as more commonly happens here try to pocket the company's budget. It would be unacceptable and potentially criminal.
With guidelines in place, it's much easier to pinpoint irresponsible behavior.
Even the plagiarists and art frauds I've caught and downvoted in the past would insist they've done nothing wrong, even when I could offer evidence. Much like when a shop owner catches a shoplifter, the thief always denies the existence of the KitKat bar in their front left pocket, even when there's video evidence.
It's easier to prove an idiot is acting idiotic, when there are guidelines.
I'm probably crazy for hoping folks could just act professionally. This place is viewed as a place of business by many who would prefer the entire operation to be successful. Sure, we can keep saying, "It's the wild west," and be stuck in an endless loop of history but I'd prefer to advance now into the industrial age and put all of this petty behavior in the past. Again, crazy.
Will you please stop making so much sense! How dare you come here with such rational thought and trying to make the place better with feedback. Honestly...[sarcasm in comment]
It was an accident!