CHAPTER 2: COORDINATED DOWNVOTES – THE WEAPONIZATION OF SUPPRESSION
DOWNVOTES WERE MEANT TO POLICE SPAM AND LOW-QUALITY CONTENT. INSTEAD, THEY’VE BECOME TOOLS OF CENSORSHIP AND INTIMIDATION:
- SILENCING DISSENT: USERS LIKE @JACOBTOTHE, @STEEVC, AND THEIR ALLIES SYSTEMATICALLY DOWNVOTE ANYONE EXPOSING CORRUPTION. EXAMPLE:
- BILPCOIN’S INVESTIGATIVE POSTS E.G., UNCOVERING @THEMARKYMARK’S WITHDRAWAL ACTIVITY HTTPS://HIVE.BLOG/HIVE-167922/@BPCVOTER3/UNCOVERING-THEMARKYMARK-S-WITHDRAWAL-ACTIVITY-ON-HIVE-BLOCKCHAIN ARE MET WITH WAVES OF DOWNVOTES—NOT BECAUSE THEY’RE FALSE, BUT BECAUSE THEY’RE TRUE. CORRUPTION, SCAMS, AND THE FIGHT FOR TRANSPARENCY