That downvote came from Mr BS. Why he does these things is not always clear, but I think he like to use his power and does not care who he upsets. It is sad to see this happen to someone like you who is always a positive force on Steem. I think the attitude to take is to remember that there are far more good people here and what they think is more important. I love Steem, but the freedom it offers means that people can be nasty and remain fairly anonymous. That is a price we pay for the freedom. It is important that we do not let such people win by driving us away.
You know that I downvote posts, but that is only where I think their rewards are not earned. There is still a lot of that going on, but the community is dealing with it better than before. Some people get upset that they cannot exploit Steem, but they have to learn that is not the point.
Stay strong!
Thanks so much, dear Steve! I also love Steemit and this kind of bad behaviour doesn't affect my love for this community, because I know the most part of steemians is made by kind and honest people who use their freedom here in a kind and honest way. I decided to write this post because I thought about the new users who could think that, even if they wrote an original content in a correct/honest/right way, everyone can downvote it in a strong way without no reason, simply for fun. The downvote is a way to contrast bad behaviour here (plagiarists, scammers, haters and other things, the list is long and I also use the downvote to contrast them), but it can't be a way to spent time just for fun, because the risk is to lose good users and to have a lot of fake accounts.
I'm here since a lot of time and so I feel myself strong in front of this kind of abusers, but I want to say to the newbies that it could happens, but there are a lot of steemians here that don't accept this kind of abuse ^_^
A big hugs to you and yours, Steve!
I've had some big downvotes recently from another nasty person, but the support I have had from the community counteracts that. We have to reassure people that the bad guys a small minority, but some do have a lot of SP. Unfortunately they do not seem keen to power down for now. If we can get more people active and investing in Steem then their influence will be reduced.
Probably him countering @drakos’ votes.
That's a poor excuse to attack someone who does Steem some good. These petty squabbles are bad for everyone. Typical bully behaviour.