i think, as in everything, we need to have boundaries. The same applies to downvotes. In my opinion, it is a tool that will help keep a balance when people are trying to take advantage of Hive and its people, like vote for vote, plagiarism, AI content, fake giveaways, rugs and the list goes on.
Especially nowadays, when we are only a few active people around here, we need to both support the creators if ofc we like their content and at the same time try to maintain that balance, because especially at times where we have a lack of activity or high activity is where most scammers lie.
Now if someone uses his HP to simply downvote whatever he doesn't like just becuase, even though he can do it and nothing can be done if other whales don't step it, the end result will be more and more people to lose interested in Hive, meaning loss for him long-term as well.
“Now if someone uses his HP to simply downvote whatever he doesn't like just because”
Isn’t that the point of social media? 🤷♂️
I just don’t even agree with the premise that voting (up or down) based on the content you like is bad.
In my mind, that’s what social media is for.
Most people do the opposite. People write things they don’t care about so it will be curated and they can sell the rewards.
I think that’s probably how we got to this point.
The difference is the money factor. The way Hive is built hp has value and power. if i hold a lot of HP means i can do whatever i want and a lot of times at the expense of other people and Hive's ecosystem. It's quite different to get, let's say a dislike on Facebook and on a post here, leading to losing all of my rewards or part of it.
It's one thing to not like what someone posts and even commenting about it but even then for example you have to be polite. It's a whole other thing to "cut" a source of income for someone if you don't like his post just before you have the power to do so. Those in power need to protect those who don't have.
I won't read a post someone made about his chicken or farm, i don't like that kind of posts because it's not related to my interests. That doesn't mean i won't respect his effort and go downvote him. The goal is for everyone to feel comfortable posting whatever they want (having some boundaries) and not fear who might downvote them just because. Ofc i am not referring to abusers.
That's my personal opinion though
There are some profound values expressed here that are fundamental to society. Hive isn't about money to me, it's about society, about the community of thoughtful people that see the potential of the tools Hive brings to the table that enable society to achieve better things than it could before Hive existed, to better enable free and prosperous people to thrive.
That free and prosperous society is comprised of very different people, and can only occur and exist if the different people respect each other. The less self respect we have, the less we are able to respect others, and too many people have too little self respect today, IMHO, to enable IRL society to thrive. All kinds of savagery, brutality, violence, and hatred are brought upon good people, and where this is most common society is most poor and people most suffer.
The more people like yourself express these principles and support free and prosperous society, the less violence and suffering there will be in the world. I am convinced that is existentially important today, because the world seems to be being plunged into global war, by madmen who care only about their wealth and power and will deliberately afflict billions of people with suffering and death to profit themselves.
I believe the more free and prosperous society is, the less suffering and death there will be, and that is all I really want. We are very different people. I like chickens and farms a lot. But it's ok if we are different people if we deeply respect one another, because we can both contribute to the beneficial society we enjoy, and will leave to our posterity. You don't have to come to my house and get dirt and chicken poo on your shoes, and I don't have to leave my comfy farm to the (presumably) urban environment you prefer for us to benefit society, respect each other, and enable people to be more free and prosperous.
When we do that on Hive, we make Hive stronger, more prosperous, and free, and I think that's extremely important today because profiteers have abused Hive to the point of collapse, and I don't want this platform to stop being available to society, for the mechanisms it offers people to create freedom and prosperity to become unavailable.
Thanks!