In such a situation, wouldn't you just lack visibility until a trusted person zapped you?

Absent downzaps, there would be no way to nuke content.

Fair points. But to be clear: taking away downzaps doesn't necessarily fix this: in a web of trust model, if a user doesn't happen to be already highly trusted by other users, couldn't a similar dynamic occur?

Scoresby

I think it is. I was almost never downzapped, until I started posting content about the Charlie Kirk assassination, Israel, and the Iran war.

I also never had my posts disappear off the front page instantly, because somebody did a massive downzap, until I started writing on these topics.

Is downzapping the new censorship?

Taft

I think it is. I was almost never downzapped, until I started posting content about the Charlie Kirk assassination, Israel, and the Iran war. 

I also never had my posts disappear off the front page instantly, because somebody did a massive downzap, until I started writing on these topics.