As someone still relatively new to the blogging aspect of Hive, I appreciate the 'rant' posts you do. Not just because they can be entertaining but also because you bring to light sometimes things that those of us like me who don't really ever think about these topics.

I know upvoting and downvoting are both actions 1 can take on a post. But I personally have never downvoted a post (well not that I can remember). I have had some comments on posts I make that are already automatically hidden because the account got downvoted so much. But that is the extent of my exposure to downvoting.

So reading this and seeing what some bad actors have done just opens my eyes to be not as 'naive' I guess and to pay attention to the ecosystem as a whole and not just my little slice of it.

So thanks Acidyo! Keep it up!