Because there are potential financial rewards at stake, I think it's still risky to downvote. The main reason is that even if you are voting something, the person who wrote it might see it as you downvoting them. With all the flag wars that seem to get started, the risk seems high. Just my opinion. I mostly try to keep my head down and just talk with my friends.
You are viewing a single comment's thread from:
They will likely take it personally, because of the current system, not because it is. 10% of the votes on reddit are negative, it is part of the system there though so no one pays it much heed.
I haven't spent much time on Reddit, so I didn't know that. I guess it makes sense. If you're used to getting a few downvotes with each post, then each one isn't as traumatic. I remember my first ones and even though they were spam and didn't affect rewards, it was still jarring. Hopefully things will go down like you said if the change goes through.