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.
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.