First, !BEER, I was gonna leave that, but forgot. A persons vote is theirs, that I have always believed, sell, buy, or rent out, or use it for an actual indication of like.
Abuse happens, and a lot of it is ignored by Steem Inc and by Steemit. People think the 15 SP new accounts that do nothing but down vote are a non-problem, that they have no effect. I have been told on a few occasion "Get Over It" they cause no damage. Those people do not see that the system is broken, and that @steem simply removing the delegations to those accounts the problem would be solved. Removing one form of abuse and replacing it with another is not fixing anything.
If/when the down vote system is honestly fixed, then I may down vote more than just Blatant Plagiarism that I run across.
Thanks for the beer. Do you need beer in your wallet to give beer?
As for the downvote stuff. It's true, those little ones don't cause damage. Also, if all those accounts do is blindly downvote, not only are they not damaging, they mean nothing as well. Folks taking that personally must hate it when a raindrop ruins their nice paintjob on the car as well. It's also a waste of delegated stake if those accounts are only here to be a nuisance. It won't go on forever. I personally believe a downvote should cost far more RC than a upvote, to help prevent abuse.
Yes, for every 6 staked beers you can give a sip of beer. I got some to sort of pass out on coments since steem vote value for me falls below dust level after a couple of votes. Also to bolster some of my post votes.