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RE: You cannot take away from the author that which does not belong to the author.

in Proof of Brain3 years ago

It could be used better than already voting on your posts that may get $50-100 per post? Look at @theycallmedan, if he'd self-vote it would feel a bit strange cause he doesn't need it, at the same time if he posted a meme or a photo with a couple words and self-voted it where his 20-40$ vote was 90% of the rewards it would be a disservice to everyone else to not downvote it a bit, no?

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it would be a disservice to everyone else to not downvote it a bit, no?

Disagreeing on how much reward any specific post "deserves" seems strange.

For example, if a street-musician gets a $100 tip, and they seem to be making less effort than the other street-musicians,

Does that alone give me the right to scoop that tip out of their hat and redistribute that money to the other street-musicians?

NO.

That money is not mine, and I have no right to say that street-musician doesn't "deserve" that large tip.

Also, if the street-musician put their own $100 bill into their own hat, that still wouldn't give me the right to take it out of their hat and redistribute it to the other street-musicians.

I know people like to say "it dilutes the reward pool".

But the same exact argument applies to real-life-CASH-MONEY-DOLLARS as well.

Whenever someone spends a large amount of money, they are reducing the value of your money.

If everyone stops spending, your savings actually increase in "purchasing power".

Why are you assuming a tip is the same as allocation of the reward pool?

You purchase "reward pool" shares by staking your HIVE.

This translates into your "vote power".

It's basically a dividend.

You can choose to share this dividend with random performers who compete for your upvote.

Or, you can choose to upvote yourself.