Actually, I didn't get a chance to explain downvotes and upvotes. I kind of said to them to just float around and do some discovery before going through all the more technical stuff.
So, @mclynchy and @xkasabian the whole downvote and upvote thing is tied into your reputation score. The higher the number gets, the harder it is to raise it. Raising it requires good behaviour on chain. It drops due to being bad, and receiving downvotes, if that happens enough your content will get flagged and won't be visible to most people.
Upvotes give rewards, and downvotes take them away, that's why it takes 7 days to get your content payout, because within those 7 days the powers that be will be able to find out whether your work is plagurized or not and stuff like that. It's just an anti abuse measure really.
My advice, don't downvotes anyone, not even as a joke, because it affects rep and could lead to a downvote war, and some people on here may end up taking a grudge if you downvote them.
The longer you're here you'll see people who get their posts zero'd and rep dropped, but since your accounts aren't big you's are better off not getting involved. Just have fun, post, read and engage.
This has been a killerwot public service announcement.
Happy Hiving.
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