RE: Why Did @neal.leo Downvote You?
Dear @neal.leo, @arslan786
It's definetly a wise thing to publish a post explaining your actions to others. That's cool and I respect that.
However starting your publication with sentence "I commend you for taking the time to read this instead of just ranting at how the world is unfair" shows unfortunatelly two things:
a)
Your assumption that you're superior towards anyone downvoted is very strong and it doesnt create healthy enviromnent
b)
Explaining reasons for downvoting anyone should be a norm.
However I strongly believe that before you downvote anyone, you should at least give a warning and explaining to users that what they did is wrong.And adding them to your own database/blacklist so next time you can assume that they were informed and they are aware.
Right now some witnesses and few powerful stakeholders on Steemit and some of new tribes (Palnet, steemleo etc) are working against rest of the community.
Our common goal should be to bring more users to Steemit. Not to create hostile environment and conflicts punishing some of current users and making them feel like they are being targeted. Without giving them any notice. And please do not fool yourself, that people will suck is up and will stay on Steemit either way. I've seen number of people who decided to quit Steemit after being downvoted without any reason.
Reality is that downvoted and confused people will simply stop using SteemLEO faster than you can replace them. So please, try to rethink your strategy.
Yours
Piotr
Yeah I agree.
Some of my friends also quit steemit due to flag.
I do think that flagging is good for spammers but when a whale or bot do this to a minnow, he will quit. So flagging is negative of any platform and we shouldn't promote that.
If they are posting off-topic material they should stop using LEO. That's the entire point.
Dear @nealmcspadden
I believe you didn't get my "entire point".
And entire point is not to lose part of userbase. It's easier to educate people, give them warnings and build awareness.
Focusing only on downvoting will do no good. It will make people confused, upset and perhaps frustrated. And it's not a rocket science that happy customer will tell 1-2 people about your project. Unhappy will share his experience with many.
Guys, you're dealing with real humans. Those users are the biggest asset SteemLeo has. And it seem that so called "whales" with large stakes do not really understand that and are enforcing rules in the worst possible way - by downvote.
Not by actually putting any effort to comunicate with user. This approach will not get anyone far. It's so sad that Steemit is a social media platform and so many people do not understand basics of social media.
Cheers
Piotr