Downvote are a legitimate tool to be used to disagree, adjust rewards, fight abuse etc.. AND rewards are NOT final until payout! You are promised nothing until that payout actually goes through, everything else is just an estimate at best.
People have the right to downvote for what ever reason they bloody well like. Why? Because there are no rules attached to downvotes. Only subjective opinionated morals people like to push around. If people don't like to use downvotes. that's fine power to them but don't go bitching at the person who does use there downvotes cause they have every right to do so.
Until rules around downvotes are somehow build into the CODE of hive, all you are doing here is creating a toxic retaliation culture around downvoting... AGAIN... We got rid of that way of thinking almost.. now people are bringing it back because they somehow think the PENDING REWARDS are a god damn promise and losing any to downvotes equats to fucking stealing...
FFS..
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