The loss on income with a down-vote may be more to do with the artificial way up-votes create income. I am not so sure if some deserve $10,000 Steem. Some do, most don't. So we cry over a loss of income we may never have really deserved.

Some I follow here I followed on YouTube and now I can directly encourage them vs the advertising based system over there. So I don't really find it strange they have a good income here. I was encouraged by a guy allegedly from Africa that was living on $1 a day and thru Steemit he built up $40K Steem. If true this certainly will level the playing field around the world. But I think all positive with no negative is a bad thing. Some should loose their perceived income on a post. Steem is artificial just like fiat currency. You can't have winners without losers.

The issue is that all the ripples need to get flushed out. The no looser SJW mentality hurts far more than it helps.

If I (learn how to) write posts that fits the magical Steemit formula then I should earn big, and because no one down-vote, once earned it is never lost. Really? I would just be following a script like the music industry does. Imagine how this platform will change once the JB and KKs of the world discover it with there billion followers. Argh. I want down-votes just in the event of that.

I think we need to get away from the belief we are entitled to our entitlements. Earn it (up-votes and comments), be criticized (down-votes and comments), and learn how better to express your (especially my) thoughts. I think Steemit posts are more like an auction item whose price can go up and down. If only one person in the end could own it then the bids would only go up. But if we all own the result, who knows where it will finally sell at. Maybe up, maybe zero, maybe worth millions.

Also I think of Steem more like collective money that we are some how voting to give or take. Some feel while we may not have done much to earn it or grow it but feel they are entitled to it. I think that is the case for those who cry openly about loosing something they never really had in the first place.

Dang, the last paragraph sounded like Collectivism. I need to stop now before I hurt myself.