It sure would be great if that loaded rifle were used to do good things for good content and the platform. Just like it sure would be great if people used their upvotes for good content and the platform. That simply does not happen. It is absolutely silly to believe that the same people who use upvotes to only benefit themselves will use downvotes to help others. They will do the exact same thing with downvotes that they do with upvotes, use them to benefit themselves. Except in this case they will fill the platform with negativity and make it impossible for the few people who actually care to do any good. At least right now, no one is stopping curators who care from assigning rewards to quality content. That will change if there is no financial cost for downvotes.
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A big obstacle on this platform is that we never know how a proposal will turn out until will test it.
The only hindsight we've had at any juncture, is taking what's currently happening and using to predict what will likely happen.
As a result, you're very much correct when you say people will continue to use it to their advantage.
It also means not everyone will abuse the downvote pool. The ones who're currently using upvotes for the betterment of this platform will also use downvotes for the same cause.
Other than using downvotes for whale-fightings, the JerryBanfields of Steem and spammy contents, I have never come across a scenario where well known/well established content curators/curation movements get flagged.
But again no matter how many years one spends on this blockchain, it remains an unknown beast.
But isn't the exact problem you are talking about? Not enough people are using their upvotes to help the platform and content. Why would anyone believe there would be enough people using downvotes to help content and the platform?
The reason you have "never come across a scenario where well known/well established content curators/curation movements get flagged" is because it takes money out of the pockets of the self centered people in order to flag. They can choose to vote themselves or they can choose to flag. Not both. Unless of course you give them a separate pool of flags that does not hurt their earning power.
And is it really the established content creators who need protection or is it new people starting out who could possible bring great value but they never get a chance?
Right now the self centered people have a way to help themselves and indirectly hurt others. A separate pool gives them a way to help themselves, indirectly hurt others and directly hurt others.
You are correct that it is impossible to tell unless you try. It might work. But then again monkeys might fly out of my butt.