why should the community be stopped from rewarding the efforts of someone who provides valuable content? i keep seeing this presented as a viable option, it is not. continuing to give people things for free engenders dependence and weakness. a vote is a small acknowledgement of the value someone receives. without it complacency and resentment are bred. if someone cannot vote for something from which they gain, so be it, but @masteryoda was providing something that i want to reward and see more of, so why should a powerful downvote take away the choice of us all to better the community how we see fit? the powerful downvote has a right to their opinion. why should this extend to the suppression of the voices of hundreds of other steemians?