Yeah. I champion this a lot too. I was getting my posts zeroe everyday for over 6 months and by zero, I mean I was completely wiped out everyday. If it was a new user they might probably left in the second week. However these people will not stop the DV no matter what. They'd basically say it's an expensive of their will and all that.
It's just like the issue of the DHF, it's a concern but then it's a bit controversial, so.
I think the DVs have decreased though, it was notoriously bad q year or two ago.
It's a good thing they have, they really drive people away. If they would communicate rather than DV... It sucks that they put you through that for more than six months. Not only is it rude, it was damaging to you economically. A less patient person would have jumped ship and it would be another loss to Hive!
I understand the system and I knew it was a personal vendetta from one person and not truly Hive's fault by any means. It's why I think that it's better to tell a new user why they're downvoting them rather than doing it without communicating with them.