You have been quite elaborate with your explanation and thank you. I don't disagree with you, never did actually that a downvote on a repost is a legit way to express your disagreement on attributing value to an older post. I wrote that this is a repost not only on tags but on the main body as well, so that noone can accuse me of trying to rip off rewards or exploit the system. Actually it was a steepshot post two years ago that doesn't display anymore. I don't believe that artists have been mistreated, on the contrary it has been an opportunity for everyone. My view however is that it is a social media platform with diverse topics displayed, of a very different nature. Of course I absolutely respect your point of view that different content shouldn't receive different treatment.

Now, back to the topic of my post which is mandatory use of downvote... it was a topic of discussion back in 2016, when flagging wars raged, and it is a topic of discussion today. I find this view extremely toxic and dissapointing. I also gave Hive priority over Steemit, but mainly due to many witnesses being my friends and not wanting them to get screwed over... but that doesn't mean I will agree with everything they do or did or continue doing.