My post https://steemit.com/steem/@jl777/sbd-at-0025-btc-how-is-this-making-any-sense-i-explain-what-happened-with-the-pricings-today was doing fine with $700 after 9 hours. Then it got one downvote and is now at $350. The downvote was from the person that my post talked a little bit about, but I believe I only made factual statements.
I know it is all part of how things work, but the way it is, there is no way to say anything that a whale does not like without risking HALF your post's reward???
I tend to make a few enemies as I tend to speak the truth as I see it and maybe that is something that some parties dont want the public to know. Luckily I am not dependent on upvoting income, but others could well be and this chilling effect would mean that truths about whales will likely not come out.