I think this post is worth reviewing because the discussion around downzapping and boosting seems to be getting heavily manipulated. I’m not saying every large downzap is malicious, but the unusually large amounts being used to influence visibility could potentially distort the normal curation mechanism.
It would be good to look at the voting/zapping patterns and whether the same accounts are repeatedly using large amounts to push certain content up or down. If there’s no rule violation, that’s fine, but I think the behavior is worth checking rather than assuming the incentives will automatically correct it.
I think this post is worth reviewing because the discussion around downzapping and boosting seems to be getting heavily manipulated. I’m not saying every large downzap is malicious, but the unusually large amounts being used to influence visibility could potentially distort the normal curation mechanism.
It would be good to look at the voting/zapping patterns and whether the same accounts are repeatedly using large amounts to push certain content up or down. If there’s no rule violation, that’s fine, but I think the behavior is worth checking rather than assuming the incentives will automatically correct it.