Down votes on Hive today come from Individual accounts. From People, not from some central controlling authority.
Those accounts have enough stake to bury your account more than 4 meters underground so that's why I talk about somewhat "centralized" part of Hive. I know it's more like an evil word here but I think you understand my symbolic use.
Hive is not about where someone is from, it is about them being here.
Indeed but the language barrier is a thing and most of them where somewhat forced to join at those tribes in order to make a way in a major english environment. I don't blame anyone but I'm of those that always thought it was a matter of interest to learn the language in which platforms are built upon.
Yes they can and some accounts, the spammers and the plagiarizers need to be buried, but the people with that power are being pretty careful and respectful of peoples reputation. They still have their reputation when it comes to being de-rewarded due to the type of content they post.
As for the language barrier, I believe there are people working on the ability for people to pick the language they want post displayed in, so if you only know one language, like myself, all the different languages will be auto converted to English. I do not know how far a long they are on it, but when it happens people in Nigeria, Spain, France, Russia, will be able to select their home language to read, write and post in. It may be a few years down the road or just around the corner, but I believe they will be able to do it.
Sometimes they pull the trigger too easily in my opinion ...
That would be an awesome feature for many, useful for sure!