Free downvote pool is the unfortunate side effect of people unwilling to use their stake to help against actions similar to Haejin, bid bot abusers, etc.
Most people didn’t want to downvote before then because it earned them nothing. I was one of the minority that flagged things before that.
Now, it’s possible to push down undesirable content whilst upvoting those who need support.
It’s not perfect, but the only things we can change are incentives. The 12-hour thing has its drawbacks while address some other issues.
does it?
So far the free downvote pool has been nice to have around, but I'm not going to assume this will be the case 5 years down the road.
Yeah, if they make it that you can't upvote something 12 hours prior to payout, you'd be sitting duck to retaliation. At the same time, if you are engaged in downvotes, that should be expected.
And you'd be correct to assume things might not be as rosy 5 years down the road.