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RE: Dan Larimer. So insecure he has to self vote to put his posts that already are getting enough votes, to the top of trending...
You do have freedom of speech. Everyone here also has the freedom to upvote or downvote any post they'd like. If someone doesn't like what you're saying, should they just leave your post alone?
They should comment and discuss their opinion. I shouldnt be penalized Economically because someone has difference of opinion.....what is this, Russia?
It's not a penalty if you haven't earned anything yet. The "estimated payout" requires a week to gather a clear estimate of a post or comments value. This isn't just determined by upvotes.
Downvoting a post is written about in the Steem Whitepaper as a way to measure a posts value. Not everyone is going to like a given post, so downvotes are a way to guage who doesn't.