The downvote culture is quite an uneasy feeling. I once so a literal mob destroy a steemit account with downvotes just because they did not like the individual. People have grudges and the power of a downvote with a massive SP bank makes it much more dangerous.
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Well that's the ugly side of it... cannot be denied.
I do understand that it has its place in the context of curating content - that is, in reducing the share of the reward pool to something which doesn't deserve it.
I'm still yet to understand how the downvote pool will discourage the with-hunt mob mentality... but I am looking to find as much information and opinion as I can.