Thanks for the HiveAlive link. Just what I asked @themarkymark for and didn't get. I've removed my witness vote from him and given it to @ura-soul instead. That's a very useful resource.
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Thanks for the HiveAlive link. Just what I asked @themarkymark for and didn't get. I've removed my witness vote from him and given it to @ura-soul instead. That's a very useful resource.
Ura had a downvote problem for a long time, too.
Thanks, I appreciate it. Unfortunately, some of the other top 20 witnesses even ridiculed me building the downvote table!
I will be rebuilding that entire website soon and improving it quite a bit, just need more spare time.
I personally have no problems with the downvote table, more information is a not a bad thing, the crying about downvotes in every single channel on every platform was what I found annoying, but I ignored most of it. Everywhere I went, it was you ranting about downvotes for quite a while.
I wasn't actually referring to you with this comment. A couple of others seemed a bit nervous and leapt into attack mode.
I know, but downvotes are constantly complained about, but it is rarely a real issue, and the community has the tools to easily counter them. Upvotes are far more poorly used by a factor of 10,000x.
You have no way to know the lost growth that has occurred due to public perception of the presence of misplaced downvotes. I feel I have a better perspective on that because I am aware of the people making the comments and their reach. I feel that you can't be hearing them or you wouldn't be taking the position that you are taking here - assuming that you want Hive to grow.
I'm sure you do.
I am probably the most downvoted person here, I also give out the most downvotes. I can't even post right now because I am downvoted for $60 on every post and I can't curate because whoever I upvote gets downvoted. Yet I still support downvotes.
I think your logic suggests that you don't have a burning desire to post and to be read on Hive, otherwise you would just try to rebalance your relationship with the community to stop the downvotes you receive.. Plus would feel the frustration of not being able to post and would be more likely to view the situation as a form of censorship.
A network that offers 'uncensored' posting has a powerful selling point in the wider world, but not if perception of it is negative for other (and related) reasons.
The people who most want to be heard and who are censored a lot are going to do what they can to go where they aren't censored. If they get 'demonetised' in any way (including through excessive downvoting) they will tend to label it as censorship. I personally agree with them because I can't logically view the situation in any other way without denying something.