No one has lost their freedom of speech with downvotes, just their potential to earn on what they say.
I agree on downvoting because you don't agree with the rewards a post gets. But not because you disagree with an opinion. (I see that happen regularly, though.) Imo, this will lead to even more fear to say anything that is not in line with how to big stakeholders think. it's bad enough as it is already.
It could be very ugly. Tells something of the community then doesn't it?
Of course it does. I saw a comment by you yesterday that mentioned that 'the rest of the community' should act responsibly. I honestly don't know how big that 'rest of the community' is... I don't think it's very big.
People tell me I'm a pessimist. I rather think of myself as a realist, lol. I hope you're right and it turns out fine, but I don't have a lot of trust in people when it comes to taking responsibility for their actions and governing themselves and each other. Guess we'll see how it turns out soon enough
I don't have a lot of trust in people taking responsibility for themselves either, that is why we have the world we currently have. The hope is that each round, a few more people wake the hell up.
Plenty of rounds to go to have enough who are awake, I'm afraid. Let's hope it's not too late by then...
Probably will be too late, but not starting means never having a chance.
Can't argue with that! :0)