You make a valid point. Downvotes targeting payout, rather than content does actually make sense. In my head it just seems more right if the system was made so that a dislike meant that you disliked the content and a like meant that you liked the content. It just feels wrong to dislike decent content just to limit the liking.
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from a Facebook mindset .. what you're saying makes sense.
The difference is that on FB there is a centralized authority to deal with the real bad actors. On Steemit .. it is up to the community to deal with issues.
The joys of adjusting to a decentralized system.
'The joys of adjusting to a decentralized system.'
nicely put