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RE: People claim to not like bullies... until they show up with a bag of candy.
I never did understand the value of the downvote thing, it seems to me that if a person don't like a post they probably shouldn't follow you. I guess it makes me think of freedom of speech, but I'm still pretty new here so I guess I'll just sit back and see what happens.
Downvoting is useful for dealing with spam and attempts to abuse the system, but can also be used abusively if it isn't countered.
See here for example: https://steemit.com/earn/@tuvokhl/shit-post-5#@troglodactyl/re-tuvokhl-shit-post-5-20170709t141555576z
Without downvoting, people could loot the community by getting payouts for self voting spam.