I don’t give a flying eff but people really should... but mostly about the realization that rewards are the community’s and that maybe their content just isn’t as valuable as they think.
Understanding that your post isn’t worth more than when written on paper and stuck on a tree somewhere in a forest makes not giving a flying eff about a downvote much easier.
As long as a post is active... the rewards aren’t yours and merely a bonus. Get over it.
Not letting emotion drive a decision [to leave] is also so much... less dramatic.
I don't think the complaint here is about the value, but people see it as "criticism" without recognizing who is doing the criticizing.
People get so easily offended by a downvote. IMHO if they didn’t think their own content were that amazing that it deserved rewards... they would get less emotional about a downvote.
What’s the root of the hurt?
The root of the hurt is; that if these downvotes were not granted so BLINDLY by illiterate accounts (with a preconceived stupid agenda) who won't READ a single shit regardless their DVs comes from 'dust' or not... then, these would 'hurt' a little less I reckon. ;p
For some it is the "loss" for others the "judgement". Either way, it is emotional positioning with the opinions of others.
^ said each stoic.