Greetings @xpilar,
Lovely to see you writing about this controversial subject.
Sorry.....but the downvote idea is a terrible one.....if spam is the problem then limit the number of posts, limit the number of accounts. etc.
Downvotes are sucking the lifeblood out of Steemit......a negative experience all around.
Sidenote...it has probably been three years since smooth downvoted bleujay's post.....when I had less than one dollar on the post..... englishtchrivy spoke up for me. hehe
However the same the as it is now....they had an untestesd idea.....they were going to go after who the whales had voted for...as I recall extremely unpopular when just a few were doing it....so now they given everyone the ability.
The point is it is memorable when one is downvoted......rather hard to forget...especially when it is nothing you can correct....you just happen to be in the way of their agenda.
So sorry to see you have been downvoted...it seems none are being spared.
Wishing you all the best.
Cheers from @bleujay.....
Send me a note when sanity has returned. hehe
Principle....There is no reasoning with irrationality.
Thank's for your feedback @bleujay
My opinion is that everyone must be given the opportunity to correct their mistakes, otherwise no one will learn from it.
I also made mistakes here in my start phase in 2016,
but @englishtchrivy took me under his wings and taught me what was right and wrong.
She became my mentor here at Steemit.
This made me teach to those who made mistakes in their startup phase as well.
Imagine if everyone could do the same here at Steemit and in the real world.
But now it seems that everything is just about money here and downvoter even though content is of good quality, yes they have a different agenda
Regards @xpilar