I still think self-corrective mechanisms can handle it but you’re clearly right that a committed whale can curate the front page of Bitcoin as they wish. 

I’d like to see trust come back in, even though it mostly worked against me. 

While we’re small, counteracting large boosts is difficult but large boosts are also not likely to be profitable.

I'm advocating for that more than against that. But the issue definitely persists past downzaps (through boosts.)

optimism

I’d encourage everyone to see if this even persists as an issue before jumping to change how SN works in response.

Every so often, someone causes an uproar by using SN in a way that is deemed objectionable and usually the corrective mechanisms of SN take care of it.

How about a new filter for downzaped posts?

0xbitcoiner

I’d encourage everyone to see if this even persists as an issue before jumping to change how SN works in response. 

Every so often, someone causes an uproar by using SN in a way that is deemed objectionable and usually the corrective mechanisms of SN take care of it.