Frankly, I have had up to my ears with all the drama on Steemit, and now Hive. This drama includes downvote crap. Leave the downvote to individual users based on their own opinion of the post being voted on. Get rid of, or discourage bots altogether, just like for upvotes.
People get up in arms about upvote circles, but downvote circles are no different.
So tired of these agendas and grudges between factions. Receiving a downvote just because you upvoted someone that another faction dislikes or because the person that upvoted you is a target of these factions is crap and middle school stuff.
This chain is no more decentralized than Steemit. It will always be those with the coin that call the shots and smother it in BS like it is "for the good of the community". Just about done with this whole part of the blockchain.
Just not drinking the Kool-Aid of Steem or Hive anymore.
Do you thing @curangel and screw the whale, whoever they are.
There's no downvote-circles. I strictly need to speak up against this framing. There's nothing to gain from downvotes, and personal reasons were never accepted for curangel. Downvotes were also not given for who you upvoted or who upvoted you, it was only about stake.
And you clearly have no understanding of decentralization.
My apologies as this specific reference of downvote-circles were not directed at @curangel. Maybe I used the wrong term with regard to downvote circles. I was trying to refer to the cliches of folks more so than an organized circle.
With regard to my understanding of decentralization, yes I do understand it.