i think, as in everything, we need to have boundaries. The same applies to downvotes. In my opinion, it is a tool that will help keep a balance when people are trying to take advantage of Hive and its people, like vote for vote, plagiarism, AI content, fake giveaways, rugs and the list goes on.
Especially nowadays, when we are only a few active people around here, we need to both support the creators if ofc we like their content and at the same time try to maintain that balance, because especially at times where we have a lack of activity or high activity is where most scammers lie.
Now if someone uses his HP to simply downvote whatever he doesn't like just becuase, even though he can do it and nothing can be done if other whales don't step it, the end result will be more and more people to lose interested in Hive, meaning loss for him long-term as well.
“Now if someone uses his HP to simply downvote whatever he doesn't like just because”
Isn’t that the point of social media? 🤷♂️
I just don’t even agree with the premise that voting (up or down) based on the content you like is bad.
In my mind, that’s what social media is for.
Most people do the opposite. People write things they don’t care about so it will be curated and they can sell the rewards.
I think that’s probably how we got to this point.
The difference is the money factor. The way Hive is built hp has value and power. if i hold a lot of HP means i can do whatever i want and a lot of times at the expense of other people and Hive's ecosystem. It's quite different to get, let's say a dislike on Facebook and on a post here, leading to losing all of my rewards or part of it.
It's one thing to not like what someone posts and even commenting about it but even then for example you have to be polite. It's a whole other thing to "cut" a source of income for someone if you don't like his post just before you have the power to do so. Those in power need to protect those who don't have.
I won't read a post someone made about his chicken or farm, i don't like that kind of posts because it's not related to my interests. That doesn't mean i won't respect his effort and go downvote him. The goal is for everyone to feel comfortable posting whatever they want (having some boundaries) and not fear who might downvote them just because. Ofc i am not referring to abusers.
That's my personal opinion though