I have had 3 experiences with down votes.
My first experience was when I uploaded a rough draft by accident so my published post was just a jumbled mess with lots of mistakes. The post was just garbage and not refined so logically it would get downvoted if read.
My second experience of downvotes seems more personal and resentful. I posted something that really struck a nerve and they feel it's their way of letting me know. I understand that and it's ok people disagree with each other everyday and usually these encounters make us better people or develop a new way of thinking. By acknowledging others' thoughts and actions and speaking out, sometimes pushing down is needed to build courage, strength and stability. It is a testament to free speech.
I think if someone with a lot of power is interacting within these parameters then that type of downvote where it is personal should have a limit on how much it prevents others from earning hive power. So maybe 0 out personal down votes or put a cap on it?
The 3rd instance of being exposed to downvotes is when I made this postand it had over $100 and someone came along and downvoted it closer to 0 once it was trending so that it would no longer be trending.
This was a shock to me as I had no idea one could downvote that much. I think maybe put a % cap on down votes?
You used to have to pay for down votes with your voting power just like you have to up votes. They made down voting free thus I don't think they are interested in capping anything. Also they can game that simply by using multiple accounts to down vote.
So they purposely want the gatekeeping to continue. Its a censorship problem for sure. They are probably getting investors that don't want "conspiracy" chatter to ever be on the main trending topics.. looks like its going way of YouTube or wordpress.
Im still enjoying hive and as far as being downvoted over $100 on one post im still earning more than I ever did posting on Facebook so. Im still a huge supporter of this network.
Yep... I don't tend to be pissed off unless I see them down voting someone to ZERO so they can't earn anything. It also isn't me complaining about it being done to me because it isn't.
It is me being angry about what I observe being done to others.
It can be soul destroying especially when I showed my family the positive feedback I was getting and then next time I looked it was near $0 the let down was felt.
I was new to hive this year and just decided to put my main efforts into learning the network/platform as I was banned from all other social media platforms for speaking my mind about the "science" behind the defective gene injection.