This only works with brigades. So having an unpopular opinion against a mob of fanbois with high trust score will mess you up. But nothing prevents you from posting again? But what's the point if there is a non-receptive majority?

Information wins, just boosts don't?

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In the case of downzaps versus boosts, it seems that erring on the side of allowing visibility is better than erring the other way.

What I mean is: it's better to allow a scammer to boost and get visibility, than it is to allow a strong downzapper to hide content. 

Reason: the tool we use to banish scammers can also be used by scammers to banish valuable content they don't want others to see. 

Imagine a scenario where someone posts about a flaw in a project or bad behavior, if the owner of the project can banish such a post by heavily downzapping. 

Don't we run greater risk to the community by allowing a strong power to hide information than we do by allowing a strong power to boost information?