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I very much agree on the downvotes. There are a lot of people on Steem that believe in downvotes and think it will somehow be a good thing. Sadly, these people do not seem to understand that the only reason Steem has value is that it had the potential to be a platform that could protect free speech and counter censorship.

Instead, these folks implement a strong flagging culture, which yes, can clean up some trash. But the key flaw with downvotes is that it can be used to shut down opinions that dissent from the norm all the most viewpoint of the most staked. This results in an environment where you are incentivized to agree with the majority, which will inevitably generate extreme and limited minds.

People have to be able to speak freely and without risk of attack to their livelihood (demonetization/deplatforming), and while Steem is designed to not deplatform you, it is absolutely designed to demonetize you if your view is ideologically opposed by enough members with considerable stake.