It is a nice dinner hosted by Steemit Inc.  There are a number of 'spammy' conversations.  Yea, we can ignore them rather than downvoting them.

I've done the same thing today and feel bad because the individual's post was not negative by any means. I guess I felt as though it were meaningless to me. I thought of the selfish view I had absorbed without really noticing it all along. After speaking on this topic from the last 2 posts,  I feel this heavy chain has been lifted realizing your fault is my flaw. Namaste

Oh, @ned , where did you go? Need a little help here with the flag monsters please!!

Hmm very interesting. I thought it would be like saying yea or nay. Especially for this kind of post in the reply section.
https://steemit.com/steem/@clains/top-wanted-features-for-steem

If it is in this kind  of case, is  it okay?

I totally agree with the down voting thing. I've had a couple of posts that were down voted and it didn't make sense as to why. Ugg...

Thanks for this perspective on the platform. I think upvotes and downvotes are very subjective though. People choose them based on their own rationales and each one I feel like is valid.

Wish that people would pretend to be nice more.  They forget to masquerade.
Reporting a nasty person:  anarchyhasnogods
Just letting off Steem.

Pretty  much agree! That is why I have not down voted so far? It feels like punishing somebody... And I do not want it...

*"Down-votes are like fines. A down vote is brutally negative and should be reserved for blatantly negative posts and* *spam. Using it on someone’s post that is not brutally objectionable would amount to issuing a fine at a dinner party.* *Like, what? So that shouldn’t happen. "*

no wonder facebook has only a like button (no downvotes)
I think we must have the opportunity in future to vote  without revealing our identity... STEALTH  VOTING  :)
because right now "everybody" is ass-licking ... I thing it would make quality content easier to pop up (or down , for bullshit) if we had such an option... (**edit:**from the other side I see the negatives also...hmmm)

I think you're right on about avoiding downvotes as much as possible. The downvote button should be moved elsewhere (harder to click accidently), the icon should be something like a trash can, and perhaps there should even be a confirmation dialog.

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I apologize for finding your video and garnering support for Steemit without your consent. In my haste to promote Steemit, thinking the video needed some attention since it had zero views or likes, I stepped on your toes and I again apologize. Next time I'm in that situation I'll ask before spreading an advertisement far and wide.

But it did work. ;)

This speaks volumes for your character ned.  I'm impressed and very glad to see such honest humility.  Thank you for the perspective.  Steemit is going places, and I'm thrilled to be a part of it.