Even when I agree with almost everything you've said in this post. However, I still think we have no need to have daily free downvotes here anymore.
Given that they are only the large stakeholders who embrace this infamous practice, let them have to pay for this unpleasant activity as before. Because well we know that every user here with low HP not even bother to use it anyway. Never!!
Perhaps in this way we can find a middle ground as a new transient "experiment" to at least minimize the increasing exodus of valuable members of our ecosystem due so many unfair and arbitrary events caused by whales which produce such rage quitting feelings on many people.
And if in this new way not everything can be solved. I bet that without daily free downvotes, at least we'd reduce in an important proportion all those unexpected occasions in which we have no choice but to exclaim out loud that famous magic word to vent a bit after seven days right before payout.
The downvotes helped solve a lot of problems. As soon as we get rid of them there will be mountains of spam and self upvoters coming back.
Perhaps they could cost something and we could vote on certain people (like we vote on witnesses) who receive those funds to pay for their downvoting (and payment for their services) from the dao. Holy shit, you may have inspired an idea that might actually work! I’ve been racking my brain for days on this and that’s the best idea I’ve had. Thanks!
Nah! it won't be that different than now. Downvoting is a lovely passtime for downvoters and flag addicts anyway. So, I suspect we'll be fine and there won't emerge a mountain of anything new if they had to pay to keep up their hobby. :D
Hahahaha, well, I'm glad to at least have served of some inspiration.