I view downvotes as a necessary evil these days. But I do think we need them to counter real problems.
One of the issues is those who are attracted to the downvote teams have a lot of authority issues, so on one side of their mouth they say they are normalizing downvotes, but then they go on to call names, and basically degrade people after the dv in order to justify it. That does the opposite of normalization, it teaches people downvotes are punishment.
I used to be an advocate of downvoting, but now I only use them in clear abuse, because there is too much name calling, targeted hits, and basic drama, mostly coming from a small number of accounts.
Everyone's stake is their own and at the end of the day they can use them how they like, but when you see more users getting run off than staying, you invest accordingly.
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Such good points, it has become punishment. And I wish it would be used strictly to keep the chain clean from spam and scams. But alas...Everyone has that right, to use it as they see fit.
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