People talk about downvoting poor content.
I disagree with that mindset.
Even when I was on YouTube and people were openly talking about that sort of thing,
I never used it (with some meta-exceptions).
Take this post for instance. Piece of shit work. But, let me ask you this:
Does downvoting tell the person anything?
That's a lot of why I'm even inclined against thumbing things down,
(not that I dislike the feature being around;
I hate that facebook only has a thumbs up)
because it says SO LITTLE about what the issue is.
Words say, and do, SO MUCH MORE, as you can see in my reply to his/her post:
"1. Your grammar/punctuation could use some work.
- You're doing a decent job on spacing. Include more white space.
- From what I can tell, you're posting more often than once an hour, and your posts are a video with a sentence or two of commentary... or just straight video.
- You said it yourself:
"[CENSORED BECAUSE (it amuses me that he thinks that) I PROFITED OFF OF HIS CONTENT!!!"
So, from where I'm standing, you're openly admitting that you don't own (not that I believe in IP, but this is ridiculous) the content that you're posting, you're briefly summarizing it with the intent to be dramatic about political events, and then bitching that you're not making money with other peoples' content. Am I missing something here?
Perhaps you should actually write your own shit.
Make your own videos.
And THEN bitch that people aren't looking at it.
If you're on here to make money using other people's stuff...
then use facebook. That's where you can honestly instigate conversation using other people's material.
On here it's just slimy behavior.
Why should you be rewarded for other people's effort, especially when you're spamming it?
But, you know what, maybe I should "tell them, not you."
Oh wait... this might very well be the first post where it's actually YOU whom I'd be talking to.
Your surprise is bizarre, and your mindset of "money for next to no effort" is the very cancer that people are bitching about in regards to steemit use."
As well, because of the lack of knowing and the sheer emotional oomph
of downvoting or upvoting, such actions create a spiral of retaliation.
"You downvoted me?! WELL I DOWNVOTE YOU!"
Even simply saying why you downvoted could stop this.
Why "spread your weight" in economic, penis-fighting style,
when you could instead explain what they're doing wrong...
And, strangely enough, maybe even come to enjoy them on the site?