ps that scumbot uses 20% downvotes for comments and 100% for posts so if you can be bothered you can uncensor your comments no problem
but I must say out of all that goes on within Steemit - scams from end to end - this one is sort of the final straw! Like many of my friends I've really had enough of this shit and we are all just one step away from being flagged at any time by the bot army that cannot be mentioned
and then unflagged by the other bot army that cannot be mentioned, in their ongoing fake war. Mostly over posts by their own fake accounts... so much money to be made flagging
my guess is that by specifically targeting established accounts (yes that means you and me) it causes the maximum damage to the site and will help get the price of steem down faster
I write when I feel like writing because I need to write. I do so less than before here as I have a lot of other things I am working on. Though I do see the down vote as a corrupting influence on this place. An up vote can be as well. It is not something I have a solution to. Though if I post on reddit I can get downvoted to oblivion too. I'll have a larger audience there. Here I at least make some crypto, which helps, even if it is not much.
So the corruption of force is on every platform that I am aware of. Poor education or intentionally designed education promotes force, promotes conformity, promotes attacking those you disagree with. I'm not surprised to see the ramifications of that virtually everywhere we look.
https://steemit.com/busy/@whatsup/the-price-you-pay-for-freedom-is-that-others-are-also-free