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It doesn't take many people who hate boosting to create that correlation.
yes, but when we are discussing downzapping, I don't think it's actually about general content curation or punishing -- it's that there are a few stackers who think excessive boosting should be counteracted.
I think the downzap situation is clearly a phenomenon that is tied to what is perceived to be excessive boosting. I don't think downzaps in general have been used enough to really even have much data about how they work.
I think my arguments are just as relevant to those who want to counteract large boosts. That can be done by knocking them down or by lifting others up. It's not obvious to me that downzapping is the best way to go about evening the playing field.
It's pretty obvious that there is a massive correlation between boosts and downzaps. Which comes first (chicken and egg style) is difficult, but they very tightly tied.
So it seems to me that we need to discuss downzapping as it relates to boosting (self-zapping). Any changes that might be made to downzapping would need to take into account boosting behavior and perhaps changes to boosting.