I am one of the faithful @jrcornel voters, and that's because I value his content. I vote on every one of his posts. Have you read his timeline? It's one of the highest quality content timelines here, in my opinion, of course. And what's the beef if he faithfully votes me? Who are these people to think they can tell other people who to vote for and who not to vote for?

Oh, and if you take notice, since you have highlighted it, I, like @sportsandcoffee, am not following anyone either, but that's because my follow list got wiped out when I was trying to create a blacklist - @blocktrades has promised me that it will be fixed - maybe it's the same case here.

This really looks bad. It looks like a vendetta witch hunt.

Who has the right to dictate what others do with their money? When you think about it, this kind of activity could forever negatively tarnish HIVE - I mean, where in other cases nobody knows how much you have or don't have . . . anonymity . . . maybe people will think twice about joining a community where all of a sudden they could get lynched (I read the comments on his last post, and nobody gave him even the slightest opportunity to defend himself - in fact, the impression one gets is that the attack was totally premeditated).

This is very sad indeed. The main reason why I don't like downvotes - if you put a destructive instrument in the hands of destructive people . . .

. . . and we all know that there will always be destructive people.

@acidyo, @howo, @blocktrades, and like thinkers, we've got to get rid of negative incentives!

Never understood the @kingscrown persecution either, especially after he apologized (did he have to kneel instead?) - the lack of camaraderie, compassion, understanding and fairness being exhibited here is unbelievable. It almost feels like Steemit all over again.