I agree that these free downvotes are really getting out of hand. In theory, they are an excellent tool to counter blatant abuse and avoid junk from getting into trending. In practice, they are making steemit into a much more toxic place and the idea that you have to justify who you vote for is just crazy. Also that this entire idea that whales who naturally have bigger post payouts have more incentive to use their big free downvotes as more will flow back to them seems quite off as a mechanic.
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Trading votes is blatant abuse, effectively nothing else but covered up self-voting or vote selling.
The big accounts delegating to and following @curangel mostly don't post at all, or very seldomly. We're not here for the rewards, but to build a bigger community.