As a technophobe and relative newbie to the Hive, I come here to share my experiences with others of a similar mindset, and to experience others' travels and lives.
I really can't be arsed with "politics". On a few occasions I have had really good rewards then see a massive downvote.
Why?
Fuck this shit, the time and effort I have put into an upload and I get down voted who the fuck are you, thats it shove hive up your arse I am cashing out........
...... Then my guru @slobberchops , steps in, calms me down and I now realise it is not a personal attack on me, its politics.
Now, although it's not nice for it to happen I just laugh it off and move on.
Tbh, the rewards I get are piffling anyways but the reason I am here is to engage with others from all around the world, the first thing I look at are my replies and the people who have engaged and enjoyed my upload, that to me, and replying to them is the thing that keeps me going.
Somewhere along the line, maybe days later I see if the post has won me a reward..... or a fucking down vote!
It happens to me every now and again, and I have to tell myself this. You know, you should sell some of that HBD and give yourself a break.., I know you have never taken a cent out after all this time.
cheers @slobberchops maybe one day I will need to drop some. I shall need refreshing on how to do it 🤣😂😂
I wouldn't say it's politics, it's more about fair distribution. I'm not familiar with your downvotes but I don't think it should come as a surprise or be something offensive if some smaller ones occur on large upvotes.
Taking a glance at your account it seems you do rather well and the content is excellent as well. Some times it seems you don't receive the upvotes you should get and other times maybe a bit too much but in my eyes you're at the point where it'd be a bit nitpicky to try and adjust rewards as there's a lot more obvious abuse and unfair rewards occurring in other places that could use the downvote mana more.
And reading @slobberchops reply, as much respect as I have for people who don't sell their rewards but grow their stake and (hopefully) use it well, it's not about that neither and I don't personally let that judge the way I curate posts and accounts. Those who choose to sell constantly may find themselves sooner or later having a hard time getting the support back with an increasing amount of authors/accounts striving after the same upvote mana they once used to receive. It's more about an investment from their perspective, they can either choose to stick around and potentially reap the real rewards later such as passive income/airdrops/whatnot or sell now and risk of never getting back to the stake they could've had/the active rewards they were once making in terms of Hive power.
cheers @acidyo , thanks for the reply and encouragement. Onwards and upwards as they say