100% agree with you. If something does more harm than good.. why would u even keep it goin? Even if the downvote system was 20% effective, that is still 80% of the time that it only hurts hive/hivers.
I was getting downvoted for a style of posting that I thought was very cool and important to me, but apparently was a downvoted format. Instead of explaining it to me I only recieved a few nasty/condescending comments and I had to read up on it and figure out for myself what was happening. :(
I never downvote, but would get rid of the whole downvote system in a heartbeat.
It's gotten to the point that AT LEAST 50% of posts have at least one down vote. Some, have five or more. And some of these posts are from reputable accounts that contribute to the Blockchain. It's stupid.
There's an argument for it. But, the negative will always outweigh the positive. So, IMO, we should do away with it.