Creating "guilds" to downvote content based on one persons opinion is bad. Those people using their downvotes based on their own opinions is a different matter altogether and I encourage that.
Voting on promoted posts causes competition to burn SBD in order to get into one of the top spots which may receive larger votes. Burning SBD removes it from distribution completely, reducing the overall supply.
That makes sense. But the guilds that upvote content, how does that work, do many people read and evaluate them? I just registered for streemian and I put myself on the fiction-trail, is that something you would recommend? I wish I had about fifty more hours in a day, haha! There's so many things on here that I want to read and upvote, not to mention comment on, I have lists and I can't quite keep up.
Okay, so removing sbd from distribution brings up the value of it, is that the idea?
I see steemit as a fantastic creative outlet, but I also want to support the community to the best of my ability. I rely on people such as yourself for guidance in such matters as I have been doing my utmost to understand everything that is involved, but it can be overwhelming.