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RE: My take on Self-voting, Vote-buying and Reward Pool Rape
I also favour the elimination of down- voting. My opinion is just as valid as yours so why should you be able to down vote it? I'm not saying every opinion is right, but every steemian has the right to be heard. Down voting is just a form of censorship. If quality content were actually rewarded then there would be no need for down votes as bad content would never be visible. The issue is with the up voting system, not the down voting system.
I agree with your sentiment but we need to combat spam and plagiarism. I've expressed my opinion here in detail: https://steemit.com/steemit/@vimukthi/a-philosophical-and-economic-outlook-at-steemit-sbd-and-flagging-and-suggestions-for-a-better-future-based-on-positive
Short version is just make flags consume 3% VP instead of 2%. You could even make it 4% and that would really help to make the flagging wars die faster. Positive reinforcement works better than negative reinforcement.
I downvoted a post which took my content off of reddit and was profiting off of it (and they literally shared the post as is - it's not like it was a review or lets play etc - i.e. something transformative). They literally took my content as is and started profiting off of it. I sorted it out with the admins in the end, but downvoting those who steal from others is definitely a legitimate use of downvoting as they shouldn't be doing that shit.
That's an interesting case you raise @birchmark. I hadn't given that scenario any thought. You are absolutely right that others shouldn't profit off your hard work. I'm not sure what the solution is here. I've decided to leave it to those more experienced with Steemit than me to work it out and instead focus on my blog :)
There probably isn't an easy solution to these situations unfortunately - I've also been on YT for about 1 3/4 years and the amount of issues and drama and changing policies over that time has been ridiculous.
I agree with you that when money is involved though people shouldn't be downvoting just because they disagree. I don't think that should be policed or anything, but I believe it is bad etiquette. Even on reddit downvotes are primarily meant for content that doesn't contribute to discussions or is inflammatory / needlessly nasty, not things you merely don't agree with, so people shouldn't really be downvoting comments they simply don't agree with on here either if it is simply part of a discussion and everyone is being civil.