What's the incentive in down votes

in steem •  8 years ago 

You're just hurting the blogger and you get no reward. 

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8 years ago by

Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:

  • Disagreement on rewards
  • Fraud or plagiarism
  • Hate speech or trolling
  • Miscategorized content or spam

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      ·  8 years ago 

    Downvoting reduces the visibility of trash-content. Such as stolen articles, images or videos for example. It is a necessary part of content curation. Otherwise we will drown in senseless drivel sooner or later.

    Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:

    • Disagreement on rewards
    • Fraud or plagiarism
    • Hate speech or trolling
    • Miscategorized content or spam

    Submit
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