Anonymous downvotes...
Wow!
These type of downvotes strike every now and then out of nowhere and usually I simply ignore them. In this example they were dropped on my article https://steempeak.com/privacy/@doifeellucky/wow-soon-you-can-play-along-with-the-big-guns-taking-big-dumps-on-privacy-or-fighting-crime
I would really love to understand what caused the people behind these to downvote just to get an understanding for what wasn't to their liking or worse.
Interestingly enough usually these downvotes seem to come from specialized "downvote-accounts" that haven't shared any content or posted something maybe a long time ago.
But after all these surely are "alt's" of some other Steemian.
I'm not interested in "pay-back" actions, this is some really weak behavior trying to get back at someone who has placed a downvote imo, and I know it's part of this platform here to allow for downvotes.
I don't like to whole downvoting thing at all because the potential for misuse outwheighs the advantages of "policing" content (this especially really has super bad taste to me. My stupid brain immediately slips into "Stasi" or alike associations), "teaching" someone a lesson that has used the wrong tag or because someone simply didn't like what someone else has shared for whatever reason.
I thought it would be enough to simply not give an upvote if I don't like a content.
The whole "protecting" the "pool"... well I don't think it's really working.
These downvotes mostly didn't even have an really deep impact on my author payouts but I must admit they start to piss me off!
If that was the intention of the downvoters, well done!
It's not that I'm making substantial returns here on STEEM. I could probably drop my content somewhere else and deal with the regular feedback without seeing some downvotes
These are my 2 sats on this... Had to get it off of my chest!
So, now downvote away anonymous downvoters!
Really, I would love to hear/read what you are thinking about this! Please let me know in the comments!
Cheers!
Lucky
I got hit by the downvote loser @camillesteemer and get pretty consistent downvotes on every post I make. I know it's insignificant effect on payouts but it has to have an effect on the post somehow.
Serial downvote accounts are a plight on the system and a barrier to mass adoption in my opinion. No regular social media type is going to stay on a platform that has that type of abuse power.
I think you are right with that simple idea that if something is not to the liking of the person who reads, it simply does not give a vote and now, it is also valid and highly recommended to comment and let us know if we do not agree (of course, provided that we consider that the other poarte may be willing to constructive duty).
I did not like the idea of downvote, but I did not worry because it did not affect me much, however, I have found a series of negative votes that always come from the same accounts ... already out of curiosity I went to see that they were going , because as they did not comment anything I could not know what was in my post that caused them so much rejection ...
Well, I found that I was not the only one who received their negative votes, those accounts only issued negative votes indiscriminately.
That is very annoying and I would like in some future a rule to be created that if an account only emits negative votes and does not generate any of its own content, it will be vetoed for a while to calm down and reflect.
Well, that is a bit of a crazy desire because it can lead to a kind of censorship ... what a mess, bots of repeated negative votes bots bother me, but I don't want to end up supporting something that restricts your freedom of expression ...
For this and other activities, some criminal I am leaving Steemit. I quit a few months ago and will be gone when I am sure I have taken the last penny out of my wallet. The people who doing this are the people that sucked all the money out early and sold all steem. they murdered Steemit.
Go here to see who the asses are that are downvoting you...
https://steemblockexplorer.com/@doifeellucky
Hi @doifeellucky
Definitely a very unpleasant situation those downvotes, never find sense.
I think that if I don't like something I just don't give it a positive vote and I ignore it, I think it's better than delivering downvotes,
And the worst thing is that those who emit that downvotes, gain absolutely nothing. then why do it.?
Greetings from Venezuela
Hello @lanzjoseg,
thank you for your comment!
I agree 100%!
I don't get it either. I listened to some of the big guns on here that are in favor of this.
Sorry, I still don't like it!
I wish you a great weekend!
Cheers!
Lucky
Hi @doifeellucky
I've read about some particular user, who is most likely behind those accounts and he is targeting people using SBI (steem basic income). Are you perhaps using this service?
Unfortunatelly there is many users who abuse their downvoting abilities, without any ways of countering their actions :/
not only that. by downvoting you're also disagreeing with all those who decided to upvote particular content in the first place. and downvoting is destrying their curation reward.
I will share your post with our small @project.hope group and hopefully it will bring your publication some extra visibility.
Upvote on the way,
yours Piotr
Hello Piotr,
thank you very much for your thoughtful comment! (I don't know why I felt the need to place thoughtful here... they always are! ;-)).
It's a dilemma imo. I would fight to protect the right of this user to voice his opinion even if I'm not sharing his belief.
So, I will just agree to disagree with him! Yes I am using SBI because I liked the idea behind this project and I have enlisted quite a few fellow Steemians as well!
I don't think that this is as negative as bid bots or self-upvoting but he may have a point here that voting circles come close to such services and methods.
But, what is his plan here? To penalize all that are regularly upvoting content of befriended authors? Well, if so he has a lot to do because I guess that the majority of upvotes are distributed in such a manner because others won't even get the visibility on their content if not from befriended/followed accounts I'm afraid.
I'll just accept this and move on I guess! If he sees the need to downvote my stuff because I am using SBI... so be it.
Cheers!
Lucky
Hello Piotr,
I've dug a little deeper to find out which accounts support this guy and his crusade.
Very interesting to take a look on the delegations structure of this account.
https://steemworld.org/@mmmmkkkk311
I wonder how many people that are struck by his downvotes think about his attack surface since he isn't posting anything and might be immune to downvotes in that regard.
What would be more obvious than striking those who are supporting him?
Hmh... I won't do that though... but I'd love to hear what other by him targeted accounts think about his actions I've dropped an comment in that matter on one of the last SBI articles as well.
Cheers!
Lucky