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- Downvotes are good for #steem!
Negative curation is a healthy part of the ecosystem. The problem I see is some people have a hard time w criticism. If a post is overvalued, why not adjust it to what is reasonable and leave constructive feedback?
Because very often it is not constructive and not objective and based on nothing but an opinion.
It is also part of the platform and needed but many have a long long way to go before they reach constructive.
This is true.
A lot of them seem more or less arbitrary as they will often not bother leaving a comment. I can imagine folks frustration.
But even taking the time to leave a thoughtful comment w constructive criticism, it's a toss up whether the user is going to take it into consideration or worse, they take it personally.
When there is at least one comment that explains it can be assumed that it is not a systematic attempt to harm anyone, but when the votes come from accounts that only cast negative votes and do not publish anything, they can no longer be given the "benefit of doubt"
If downvotes were limited to active accounts that post and comment I would be fine with them I guess!
But being downvoted by dedicated "downvote accounts", sometimes with no stake "in the game", simply seems wrong to me.
majority of the time there is no criticism, and there is no explanation, its just bots or whales downvoting for no explicit reason.