RE: Case Study: Splintertalk Curation and My 10% Downvote Rubric
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I understand the reasoning very well and I'm familiar with the concepts. On top of what you mentioned it also burns rewards, which was also one of the key intentions. Furthermore, downvotes are needed versus abuse & obviously ill intentions. So that means it is all good right, well not really.
To understand the real consequences, you can't just talk about “subjective value” and "concepts ... of the Steem whitepaper". Bring it to the streets and make a case and especially in the tribes,
it will come down to this:
Small and minor accounts get revenue burned, for the sake of the greater good.
and in best case:
The System will automatically regulate harmful postings and the overall user experience gets better.
You know YouTube and Facebook have mechanisms like that. Maybe call them and get some great advice, that can spare you a lot of time working on your censorship bots.
Now let me showcase you a very common scenario you're creating with these silly actions at the moment:
- small account (early minnow at max)
- a not English native, therefore spends good amounts of time creating content
- buys STEEM via FIAT deposit for promotion/bid/advertising bot usage
- and starts growing vvvvvvery slowly but at least steady
These are at least 90% of the people you will hit and 100% of the people that you actually hurt with it.
Well, guess what you just achieved against that person? You did punish, censor and scare him or her.
But Manni you foolish boy... how can you be so sure?
Good question! You did it to me and only you know to how many other people in this single comment section. Do you feel the power of the dark side? It's great!
With great power comes great responsibility.
Uncle Ben
Downvotes do not burn anything.
There’s no need to make a case for downvoting. It’s one of two types of votes that can be cast in this system. Both serve the same purpose: to reach consensus on reward allocation based on the subjective value preferences of voters.
One person may upvote, another may downvote. Both are equally valid decisions on any given post. There’s no need for philosophizing and moralizing. You can vote up or down on any content you see, for whatever reason you want.
This isn’t YouTube or Facebook. It’s Steem. There are rewards being distributed by stakeholders from an inflation pool. There are rules for how that works. You should learn and understand the rules if you want to willingly participate in the system. And you should especially learn and understand them before making arguments that explicitly contradict the code and the rationale for the code.
As to the rest of your comment - I have no idea what you’re carrying on about.
So Downvotes don't burn pending rewards? Which had to be created by wasting mana of a stakeholder?
As I see it, downvotes do that - and also have a negative impact on the reputation level.
.. and I never said that
Anyone can do that, but not everyone has enough power to use downvotes efficiently.
With a reputation of (74) and 50k Steem/SP combined, you don't care to get a little downvote here and there. Who cares about small fish in the seas, right? HAHA right?