9 tmes out of ten the people I see decrying downvotes are ones that have either abused the platform or attempted to in some way. Or the friends of someone who does/has.
It's not perfect and I would her interested in hearing ideas that are not simply, get rid of them
This post was inspired by someone spamming biblical verses who felt betrayed by the downvotes he was getting, when he paid the LEO premium fee to "make money".
So, it's exactly as you say... I did direct him to checkout Blurt, but I doubt he will go there.
Blurt is free of all that but funnily enough never quite appealing enough. I suspect the sub-cent price might have something to do with it 😃