Steemit has a vulnerability called the downvote. There are people that contribute Nothing, that spend their time downvoting what they don't agree with. Instead of replying with their opinion, to promote debate, they downvote with no comment. They loose their ability to sway the posting account holder, and contribute nothing to steemit!
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Look at their accounts, and they have posted Nothing. Dig a little deeper and you usually find that this "account" and others are all owned by someone else, who wants to hide like a cockroach; but still attack his intellectual superiors. Since he is unable to debate his point successfully, he just downvotes with his clone accounts to hide the post that he does not agree with!
Some even think there is something "Noble" about limiting some one else's free speech! This is probably from their inability to compete, intellectually, with the person they are attacking!
I was attacked yesterday, in this fashion by a downvoting coward.
https://steemit.com/informationwar/@smithlabs/our-attorney-general-william-barr-explains-the-war-liberals-have-with-president-trump-and-his-constitutional-powers
This was a good post with a lot of truth, including Legal Constitutional backing. It is now "hidden" because of a steemit downvoting troll! I would have respected him if he had shown the conviction and courage to debate me with facts, but there is Nothing, just a downvote!
I have never before asked for upvotes in all the years I have been on steemit, but I would like to see enough upvotes to over ride this troll, and make this post visible for public debate again! I can't tell how many cloned accounts downvoted me, but I would bet a cup of coffee that they are all from the same person, and have no postings between the lot!
This is a Huge mistake on steemit's part, and needs to be corrected! On person, one account would be a start, and limiting downvotes as a percentage of your accounts (so they must add value to steemit) would be a good change!