The inflation model here is supposed to be distributed to people who add value to the platform with good content or whatever.
Exactly, so it is simply a matter of perception that downvotes are important.
They aren't.
'Because the whitepaper said so' is not a good reason.
We could just as easily say, "Okay we're doing yield farming now!"
It wouldn't be a big deal.
If I was in charge around here I'm not sure if I would remove downvotes,
but I certainly would take a more aggressive stance against all the liberal downvotes from huge accounts.
It'd be a big deal for me and I'd be outta here pretty quick.
If I wanted to do yield farming I'd be doing it on STEEM or some other DEFI platform.