I think the main reason people get downvoted once and start getting downvoted by other users is because most users intuitively understand downvotes are not used enough on HIVE. But there is a lot of social pressure to not downvote so most people reserve downvotes unless someone has already been downvoted. People have a lot of weird theories about downvotes such as "80% of downvotes are bad" 😉 (If you have data to back this up I would be more open to it). If it is just an anecdotal observation that's fine but I do not usually make decisions based on anecdotes.

Either way, I am glad you are here for the right reasons and not just the rewards. I will take that into consideration when curating you because that to me is an important part of being a good stakeholder. 😊