If you think anyone here owes you a vote, you could not be more wrong. Stop acting so entitled, it's not becoming of you at all.

Nobody "owes me an upvote", but I certainly don't expect a DOWNVOTE unless I've VIOLATED SOME RULE.

If you want steemit to be an echo-chamber for whale sycophants, then, by al l means, DOWNVOTE any and all criticism.

However, if you want steemit to be a MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS, then we should try to let people who like stuff (even "low effort" posts like "word of the day" or "daily horoscope" posts or pictures of butterflies in their back yard) to express their opinions by upvoting.

Imagine if people could join pa.treon and REMOVE monthly subscription payments from content creators they DISAGREED WITH? Do you think this would IMPROVE the pa.treon platform?