So you were there for the whale experiment? Did you not notice a difference in your voting strength like antisocialist did?
It is not true that only the cents remain
What are you referring to here? I was talking about when the bots were running and for many only cents really did remain.
As for today, there are still many who only get cents, especially if they are missed for curation in the first 24hrs by the whale curation accounts. When they are missed I can only drum up small votes from community accounts and my own, so if limiting whale votes really could increase the vote strength from smaller accounts I'd actually be able to make an impact outside of that 24hr window.
As I already said, I'm aware that these accounts have made a difference in spreading rewards. I curate for some of them, so I know the difference they've made. Yet some of these accounts will also use downvotes to trim rewards from posts they feel are over rewarded and people complain when they do that too. So if you're going to complain when the X accounts downvote, perhaps you should also complain when their counterparts downvote.
I don't mind that you brought this topic up, I've learnt a bit more from antisocialist's responses on the reasoning behind these accounts being set up. It doesn't hurt to try and see where they're coming from and if you think it's the wrong approach to the problem they're trying to solve, then maybe you can put forward some other suggestions. A little discussion and debate can go a long way and is more helpful than just dismissal.
On the issue of downvoting by the curators, I agree with you. In fact I didn't shut up during the downvote wars of 4 years ago when haijin drained the pool and his accounts were giving heavy downvotes. I received 3 downvotes of $ 40/60 at the time for opposing that situation. I have always supported freedom but also equality and equal opportunities.
I was very disappointed when the great curators, 4 years ago, for fear of losing their rewards, never opposed that situation, while as at the time, even now they don't mind giving a negative vote to a small user. Only because according to them he is earning too much and they have no right to do so.
In these posts, I have questioned this problem, but there are many things that should be fixed. I fight but I am a small voice.
Yes, it t's a complex situation. Projects like OCD, tipu and Curangel can lose their delegations of they don't continue to provide a good return and this in turn means they can't continue with the work they do to distribute rewards better. So I understand why they do things a certain way.
Don't underestimate small voices. Enough of them together become big and make differences. Although I believe ultimately small actions have more impact than voices. If you come up with any alternative ideas I'd love to hear them. I much prefer a solution that doesn't require downvotes.
Look, we just talked about the whale downvote yesterday. My fear that even large users will follow the xaccount idea is already there. Now @newsflash is following this crazy idea too, this morning she gave me a nice negative rating. If this idea continues it is only harmful and the little ones will always lose out. Now I don't know what solutions to adopt, but today I will also question this thing with a post, because I care about Hive and I am convinced that this is a damage.
Looking at your post, it looks like the accounts they're going after are doing something about that anyway. That's your best rewarded post despite the downvote. ๐ This is generally what happens when things get malicious with downvoting. They don't have the power to be downvoting everything at high amounts for long, so they need pick their battles.
In fact I am confused, I did not understand why that post was awarded so much, it received votes from curators who have never voted me before.
The accounts the X accounts are targeting are responding back by upvoting in order to cancel out the DV.
This is how they respond to counter that issue. You will likely get other accounts also responding in this way. It's why I don't worry too much about the small downvotes, because when things get out of hand the community responds in support.
Hope you are right about the community support. But in the past there hasn't been. I hope for the best, I have nothing else left. however the downvotes start to get heavy, a friend of mine took 7 negative votes from marky for a value of -40 $. It is no longer so cheap.