Absolutely. This is reminiscent of the battle on traditional social media such as Facebook as to whether there should be a dislike button. I think the reasoning behind the sentiment against downvotes on STEEM is the same, and it comes from a noble place. People don't realize what they are doing to their own earning potential by adopting a passive approach to managing the reward pool.
It is difficult sometimes to build workable stories from complexity and many overcomplicate Steem.
Absolutely. This is reminiscent of the battle on traditional social media such as Facebook as to whether there should be a dislike button. I think the reasoning behind the sentiment against downvotes on STEEM is the same, and it comes from a noble place. People don't realize what they are doing to their own earning potential by adopting a passive approach to managing the reward pool.
Having a direct economic incentive from a shared resource that behaves like the Steem pool, fundamentally changes use case and therefore governance.
Passivity doesn't cut it for responsibility of ownership.