It's an odd sentiment to me. I see it on Hive, but I've never seen it on other platforms. Haven't seen musicians on Spotify ranting and trying to rally people because they got a thumbs down. Haven't seen authors on Amazon claiming that people who leave one star reviews are killing Amazon. People on YouTube aren't making videos about how people using the thumbs down button is killing YouTube. On those other platforms, there's no transparency. The votes and algorithms are sealed away for nobody to ever see or know about. Is it the transparency in Hive's system that makes people want to completely tweak human behavior to make sure they don't get any negative ratings? Is it because it shows the potential payout rather than waiting for YouTube's algorithms to pay out? Maybe it's the stake-weighted voting: users with more skin in the game have more say on the platform

It's an odd reaction every time, and I just don't see the entirety of humanity changing to only give positive ratings on things. Part of being a content creator is bad reviews. Obviously it's not gonna make anyone happy, but it's better than being ignored. Vague feedback is still feedback. An audience is better than no audience

Rather than trying to make everyone change, or convince a bunch of people to sway the reward pool, you could go for tips. Maybe leave a signature at the bottom "Like my work? Buy me a..." or whatever. That would actually be money in your wallet