Yeah, way to go and making use of this little awesome corner of Hive :).
I will just throw in that for my part I haven't used a downvote yet. Maybe because I do not look at the trending page. Maybe because the project hope has not crossed my way yet.
I get the psychological part of being hesitant to use a downvote, esp for new Hivers.
Content that I don't find interesting or effortless I just ignore. Content that I read and find interesting I upvote. That's the way I go along here.
Aren't Hivewatchers taking care of fraudulent stuff like that?
I mostly ignore effortless and spam posts. I use the downvotes when it's plagiarism or identity theft. Also sometimes the drama after throwing a downvote is not worth it. You never know what kind of karen you're dealing with 😅
Lol, true. Don't wake the sleeping dog or what is it called 😄. Downvoting when plagiarism or identity is stolen is legit. And when it comes from a curator even more. I hope the Hive doesn't turn into a thing where lots of downvoting is needed.