People need to use their downvotes more freely, IMO, without fear of retribution. We need to move away from downvotes being perceived as a personal attack, and instead "I think these pending rewards belong to every other user on the chain, instead of this specific piece of content".

It would encourage people to uh, "work" for their rewards, and do things on the chain with intent, which can prevent spam.

If it drives people away, are those the sorts of people we'd want to have on the chain and in our "blockchain social network" anyway?