@lucylin would you please confirm this by showing the instance where the argument was made?

I wasn't aware of it, because I'm much more involved on the technical side of Hive than the social side.

Well, that is weird as @azircon just told me that you and him had discussed it. Both of you can't be telling the truth here.

But I agree it doesn't justify lucylin's response. And that's why I'm voting on.

Are you saying that's why you downvoted it and why you are affirming your actions. Because he was hyperbolic? Your original reason that you gave for downvoting has changed then?

The downvote system on Hive is deeply flawed

That may be true, but I haven't seen a better system proposed and I don't believe the problem here is only a flaw in the system. As I have pointed out there are flaws in your logic, and I believe that you are abusing your power. I'm not sure why you are doing those things, but my arguments have shown that you have.

I absolutely do believe we need a signaling system for calling out bad behavior, rating bad information, etc. But a downvote on Hive doesn't do this nearly well enough, because it's too one dimensional, and it assumes that the reaching of one consensus is the optimal state. We need something much more nuanced, and that's what I'm planning to create eventually.

That could be cool as long it is does not depend on a central power.