It would be scary if that information was available about other stackers. I'm just guessing based on his comments. My reply didn't mean to imply he only downvoted. He zapped like crazy and got all of us to zap more, which inflated the rewards pool.
It seems like it would be useful to know if a post/comment of yours got downzapped. Don't necessarily need to know by who but that it was and maybe how much could be nice to know.
Although flip side of that is: if you are getting downzapped, you might not understand why and it would just be unpleasant to worry about. Ignorance is bliss and all.
Making it visible gives the recipient an opportunity to learn that what they're posting is really disliked by the community and unlikely to gain traction. If that matters to them, they may rethink how they're presenting their content.
I definitely think we should be able to see if we're being downzapped.
I've downzapped hard on a few things and shortly after got them outlawed. So use with caution, that was not my direct intention. Not sure what the limit is or if I was the only one.
When I saw the downzap feature for the first time, I thought it meant getting back your zaps on post and comments you already zapped π but in really it does the function a downvote button offers.
I did, though I've never used it. It might take a lot for me to seriously consider downzapping. I'd rather just zap good content or be the change I want to see
I think some territories here have really clickbait quantitative posts. I would like to downzap them but it really isn't worth it if nobody else downzaps them or cares.
The specific thing I'm thinking of are also muted by a lot of users already so that's not helping to get them further down on hot.