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RE: Downvoting; a stakeholder's duty or a stakeholder's option? To me, the notion of duty to mandatory downvoting is fascism at its worst.

in #hive • 4 years ago

It's true... However, under those circumstances I do find it difficult to recruit people anymore 🤔

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A lot of folks who could/would be here still enjoying the platform became disillusioned or have gone silent for various other reasons. A lot of drama with the hardfork and consequences from that pushed people away. I already saw some noobs/unknowns taking massive downvotes simply for having a good day. It's important the environment doesn't remain as toxic and sees improvement.

I don't expect perfection but I certainly can't see myself involved in setting new people up for failure. The only thing that would help retain users and encourage new ones to join and push towards success would be a productive and healthy/vibrant community; people having fun.

The rewards aren't enough to tie people down. So many other avenues now to earn online. Stiff competition. Then we can get into content quality. High quality simply can't exist if the pros are pushed around. It's great to bring in a hundred amateurs daily as new members but if they can't find success on their own after a year or two, all this platform will have are new amateurs in the door while the experienced types consistently leave. Then it becomes impossible to build a market/captivated audience since they too would leave if they can't find something that appeals to them, or their favorites get pushed out. If there's nothing here for the consumer to buy, they won't see a need to purchase tokens, power up, and become investors. You know as well I do all the money in arts and entertainment comes from those people who enjoy it. Give them nothing, they won't spend.

So it's a vicious cycle. I would hope large investors could see the damage a few poor decisions could cause over time but over the years and after what I've seen become commonplace, I've lost some of that hope. This place needs leaders, not rulers. Some don't know the difference.

You said it all... I couldn't agree with you more. Also when it comes down to rewards, some would still stick around if they found that their voice is being heard, their talents are recognized irrespective of the amount of $$ they earn. Irresponsible downvotes take away the emotional reward as well.