For sure. I never expect someone who gets downvoted to be like βThanks! This is awesome!β π€£ If that does happen I would have some questions lol.
I just think itβs interesting how certain people handle it really well and end up turning the event into a positive experience. There are people Iβve downvoted but now I curate them regularlyβ¦.Not super common but it has happened lol.
It depends on the significance of the downvote. It's not the same to lower the value of a particular post by just a few cents as it is to reset all of a week's posts to zero. It could also be the first time that person has received downvotes.
And it also depends on who casts the downvote. The person might think in extreme ways. On one hand, they might think someone just didn't like the post, without any major consequences. Or, depending on their perspective, they might think they've been killed as an author on the Hive blockchain.
It's not the same to lower the value of a particular post by just a few cents as it is to reset all of a week's posts to zero.
There really aren't many cases when a small downvote of a few cents makes sense. Like if people get downvoted for being "over rewarded" those posts tend to have super big payout and the downvote tends to be fairly big too. (I do not downvote for over rewarded posts by the way).
It also depends on who casts the downvote
I think this is true for people who have been on the platform for a longtime. But also these people tend not to freakout in the same way as newer accounts.
Either way, these are good points and I will consider them going forward. I do hope we can have a world where there is a more productive reconciliation process for the average person that gets downvoted.