I stopped reading at rule number one. Have a nice day.
I didn't downvote the art. I didn't downvote the artist.
Those are my words.
Also, this is the definition of trending:
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That advertisement/promotion above states:
Drive the content creators away from the platform with your downvotes, and you have no platform.
And due to the use of an exploit, that opinion has been disguised as popular opinion, when in reality this is a paid promotion.
Nobody here is attempting to drive content producers away. Some simply disagree with how this place works. Making the claim that someone is somehow attempting to drive people away and disguising that belief as popular opinion is false advertising. It is NOT impolite to point that out.
I simply don't have time for this discussion now.