Fully agree, and thank you for your excellent, well thought out comments, you are saying much of exactly what I had wanted but not yet had time to say, particularly in response to the 'downvotes not punitive' claim, but in far better words than I think I could have said it, so thank you, and keep on keepin' on. We are ruffling feathers here with evidence-based posts blowing holes in the establishment narratives on so many issues, I am convinced if not for this there would be no such prolific downvoting or at least not near the degree that there is now.
Funny too how the lowering escessive rewards doesn't hold true on this or your recent post on the topic, further illuminating the reality of the downvotes being punitive :) This post is now my 7th research-based post in a row to be downvoted, 6 of them by whales significantly diminishing rewards, the last 3 by smooth. But I'm not on here for the money, that's just a nice bonus. As demoralizing as it is, it's also funny in its own way, the hypocrisy of it all, and I take it as a sign that our work collectively over the years (of the truth / freedom / independent journalism / conspiracy movement) is finally causing a major paradigm shift in thinking that threatens the establishment, status quo, and beliefs of all the statists / covid cultists / big pharma worshipers, as the world is more aware now than ever of the lies being used to keep humanity in subjugation, and the truth for the first time in centuries may actually threaten their monopoly on power in a very real and tangible way as the system nears its total collapse. All empires collapse upon themselves, and this empire of lies is nearing its end, I say, thus the insanity we see all around us is but a reaction to the inevitable fall of an empire, a desperate attempt to maintain control over the minds and hearts of the masses as the tipping point of liberated minds is reached which will bring the system to its end and usher in a new age of peace and freedom.
Maybe I'm being overly optimistic, but I see signs of global awakening and hope for freedom all around me. Things will get worse before they get better, still, but I feel that we as a whole are close, humanity is finally ready to be free, at least enough of us to create functional freedom- based alternative systems. Although your point of crowd wisdom being disturbing due to rampant stupidity is accurate, both on and off the blockchain, we are witnessing the 'crowd wisdom' of Covid1984 groupthink implode on a massive scale right now as dozens of states go back to normal with no consequences or resurgence of the 'virus' (yet), and it has the powers that be on all levels shaking in their boots. The more the truth advances, the more vicious the counterattacks will become, on here and in our daily lives in the world, especially by those whose trust in the system is so strong the truth threatens the entirety of their media-induced 'reality'.
Well said, we're living in exciting times! Your optimism on the matter is rather refreshing!
Yes indeed, I'm glad you find it refreshing, many who hear my optimism proceed to 'correct' me by insisting we are all doomed because end of world/NWO/Great Reset/Bill Gates gonna kill us all with vaccine/etc. scenario. I don't think so, but that kind of thinking sure doesn't help the chances of a free humanity! I think while outwardly they appear to be moving according to plan to take over the world, inwardly they are shaking in fear as they know more people are awake now than ever due to the blatant scamdemic lies forcing people out of their slumbers. 'They' being all Those Helping Enslave You.
On a different note, I just had a great idea come to me that I will share, that if those users whose rewards are being pillaged by the massive downvotes to 'balance rewards' had the ability to direct those diminished rewards to posts with smaller payouts of their choice, that would actually accomplish the stated goal and leave the discretion of where this distribution takes place in the hands of the author who got 'excessive' rewards due to popularity (or maybe occasionally random autovotes). I'd be much more ok with that if Hive really wants to institutionalize reward policing as integral part of the platform, as there is tons of content I would love to give bigger votes, and instead of going straight back into the pool to have next to zero effect on the under-rewarded users as a whole, it would make a big difference on some under-rewarded posts. At the very least such an option would make such downvotes seem as if they are truly being given out to 'balance rewards', and would have much more of a veneer of fairness to them.
As it is, I cannot buy that these downvotes are for the 'common good of the community' in any way whatsoever, the evidence from downvote pattern as you've seen clearly suggests otherwise, with this whale also refraining from upvoting under-rewarded content (and content in general for the most part) while constantly upvoting spam comments which rewards go straight to his own pet project. Quite the scheme, really, as you've illuminated quite well with all your links and screenshots here, so thank you for that.
If others can't see it, oh well, we've done our part in shining a light on this rampant power abuse (or helpful balancing of rewards as others call it)... :)
"Yes indeed, I'm glad you find it refreshing, many who hear my optimism proceed to 'correct' me by insisting we are all doomed because end of world/NWO/Great Reset/Bill Gates gonna kill us all with vaccine/etc. scenario."Generally speaking, I'm usually one of those people. However, your perspective seemed packed with optimism. It goes to show with a pinch of paradigm wiggling--things can happen. That and there's a fine line between anxiety and excitement. I had a realization regarding this other thing. Most of the people who couch their arguments behind the theory of conserving "the rewards pool" are like celebrities who pay lip service to global warming and going green. All the while, they hop from continent to continent like fleas on crack in their private gas-guzzling aircraft. It's just a bunch of hypocritical BS masquerading itself as good intentions. Just like everywhere else, there's a lot of virtue-signaling fuckery going on among certain HIVE power players at the upper crusty.