I think maybe I don't understand, but I'd like to know more?

So the downvote hurts the author or the curator - or is it both? Is this happening for "co-consipirator authors", or just random authors that are posting honestly?
From markymark's description, it sounds to me like regular authors are just being downvoted because of the behaviour of a "parasite" - I don't really understand the 24 hour window or how it works, but from the above it does seem like the downvotes are probably hurting the author 90% and the guilty party 10%?

(Downvotes create some interesting discussions, I'd love to learn more about them but probably a discussion for another day)

Anyways, thanks again for enlightening me on the subject :)