super positive decision, I think by now that downvotes create more harm than good overall and don't align well with crypto culture which is all about freedom and decentralization. I think one alternative to downvotes would be community notes similar to twitter/x to warn other users about plagiarism. Illegal content is ultimately filtered/blocked at the front-end level in my opinion. Front-ends get DMCAs etc and are forced to filter content. Downvotes are not enough to filter illegal content anyway.

ps. we had the discussion at a meetup also, I tried to summarize both pros and cons of downvotes here: @vikisecrets/vienna-hive-meetup-content-moderation-on-hive-pros-and-cons-of-downvotes-next-meetup-sept-28th-2023