The article says 'what we propose', so is this going to happen? The last time STINC, sent one of these out re: the downvote it happened real quick.
I dont delegate much of my SP to Actifit etc.., as you may or not be aware.. I like the power to vote on things.
What you mentioned about Circle Jerking can happen inadvertently due to sheer human connections and friendships. I'm all up for a different way of doing things, so I say lets try it.
The separate pool for flagging? Yes, you see down votes all the time on YouTube etc.. but where there's money involved it tends to get personal. I don't see it making a whole lot of difference, do you?
Yes but on the other side of the coin, where money is involved there is a lot more profit motivate toward milking rewards, which makes downvotes even more important.
There are two sides to it for sure, but it is important to indeed consider both sides.
Yeah and those are all great, after all it's a social media platform so no one is gonna judge someone for voting on their friends. There are though unfortunately "friends" that are only friends cause they own a similar amount of stake and enjoy getting the ROI and attention of trending posts no matter the quality/quantity.
I think the downvote pool will make a big difference, I was not sure about it being that high to begin with (25%) but considering those that don't want to use it won't I think it could be a good number to fight all of what users believe is abuse of the pool.
As @tarazkp said though, there's so many different variables in effect here, the best thing we can do is try.
Oh and about your first question, it will depend if the witnesses agree and accept the HF.