i agree theres a fine line between market force and hostility. its a matter of opinion and ethics. for example someone pasted vitriolic comments in my last post. he got downvoted. is that hostility against him? it sure is. the action said to him, we don't approve of this behavior.

there's also the hostility of someone like coininstant to anything that gets his panties in a twist. is that hostility deserved? not so much. its a very much case by case issue.

i think the uses for downvoting as a market force are needed given the issue with whale circle jerk and bidbot abuse. imho if we dont control corruption, it will eventually ruin the viability of the platform.