but retaliation and the "controversial" nature of contributing to antiabuse projects, hence the incentives are still needed to compensate for those factors.
Yes, you have a point. The 'dirty' work will still need to be done regardless of which pool the votes stem from.
That being said, as things are, and even with the free downvotes, its difficult to recruit contributors, precisely because of retaliation (which will increase if free downvotes are implemented) and the "controversial" nature of the work.
This is why what was stated in our post is needed, namely: the possibility to delegate the downvote power so as to make retaliation impractical. Being the downvotes free and with that delegation capability, I reckon the ranks of SFR will grow rapidly.
But, lobbying is needed to make this happen, our proposal needs to gain visibility and be passed around, developers and powerplayers need to be persuaded, lets send some pizza and a bottle of whiskey to Steemit Inc. offices or whatever they are into, along with a copy of the proposal.