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RE: UserAuthority (UA): explanations, applications and implications
UA sounds like a good concept. However I wonder how good UA can be for social aspect of the steem. I mean some UA factos can stop you from debates, comments and opposite view point if people with higher UA can downvote you?
It's exactly the other way around: UA could defend you from being downvoted by a bot-swarm controlled by a powerful (wealthy / high-SP) user.
No idea how this would protect newbies. I guess I have to wait till something like this gets implemented and then simplified for some of us users.
If you would re-read the article / comments, I've explained how UA doesn't harm individual n00bs, and how collectively n00bs have the power to combat being mass-flagged by bullies.
In practice, somebody with high UA would be more aware of community norms and the potential impacts of abusing their authority. You are much less likely to be downvoted arbitrarily by a high-UA user than by a high SP but low UA user.
The math helps new users by making bully behavior more difficult, while simultaneously attributing greater power to those less likely to engage in bully behavior.