problem with downvotes is that it is a hirachy that can enforce into every community.

Downvotes make sense with smart media tokens, so people can have a protected area on Hive with own reward mechanics and whatever.

It doesnt make sense if you are able to vibe out a community ( No matter what they are about).

Imagine you start downvote people with white skin because you dont like them. Or you dont like AI, or whatever, you get the point.

Lets say a little community comes over from a niche forum / reddit and want to use Hive for it because they got banned on reddit for example.

They have a different view what value is to them. So they should be able to upvote each other and get rewards ( for that they need btw Hive power, what is good for holders).

If the "abuse" makes to much " damage" the rewards are to high from the system and needs to be reduced.

But tbh the cycle jerk on trending is 10000x worse as someone posts a meme or a short comment that gets a upvote.

At least real humans would interact not like the trending that rarely has more then 10 comments on a post.