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I agree. That's what I understand to be the main reason why we have the downvote, so we've got that covered, if I'm correct. But, other than that, I think the evidence is clear that people want communities, and that the superstar standout post is usually not most people's main goal. I think, in large part, most other successful social media cater to the same: small community engagement. I think upvotes that are equal on a HP percentage weighted basis regardless of whether the vote count is $1.00 or $50.00 would help foster that. Something like what LeoFinance has done.