That is called competition, not censorship
Nonsense. That's assuming "proof of brain" actually exists. Look at this bloody thread. The only reason why people voting stuff up is because they think their comments need to be the ones that's visible.
Ever heard of "upvoted for visibility"?
If we make a SE token that can only be earned from being downvoted, then it’s okay?
Face it. It’s never about censorship. It’s always been about money for the likes of you. Only exploiters ever argue against downvoting.
That, sir, is just stupid.
People are attracted to Steem for multiple reasons, one of the reasons obviously is money and there is nothing wrong with that, and if you think there is you don't even understand how and why Steem was made. In fact most of the downvoters are claiming they are doing it with the objective of raising the value of the network, so if anyone is out for money it is the downvoting crowd.
Others come to Steem believing in the immutability and anti-censorship claims Steem's community falsely promises people. Just yesterday I read a post from a guy new to Steem mentioning that he came to Steem because he believes Steem's values are the same as his in respecting free speech and open discussion. Poor bastard...
Look, at this point, we just need to decouple POB from STEEM and let it be a part of SMTs (optionally) instead. That will most likely solve a lot of the toxic behavior from the downvoters and they're have to make an SMT to have their little power trips within their tiny community of unpleasant people.
Peace.
Yeah, keeping making those comments so @hobo.media can boost them for more than the median post payout on the chain.
You don’t see the exploitation some of us see here on the platform, so it’s easy for you to say downvote is bad. Downvotes are the only thing users have while better incentives and/or systems are in place.
You don’t even know the background story and the characters here before jumping in. Congrats.
Just because I am newer to Steem does not mean I haven't done my homework on its history.