This is historical post and we all share your opinion.
It starts as small play until few intoxicating others neutral steemeans to follow their downvote footsteps.
There is no quality choice in downvote.
Most of this downvote lobby target members to bully and implement their rules.
I have noticed that most of downvote people are not posting and practically hiding because they know others would reply and open communication on their posts.
In a way I respect the ones who express point of their view. However most of downvote steemit member lobby are not posting and they are hiding as active abusers and spammers in my opinion. That is proof that they are using downvote as form of abuse and spamming to innocent bloggers.
And it looks like they congratulate each other when they bully good solid investors bloggers like @slowwalker and many others etc.. weird!!!
I thought I have seen it all. But I guess there is always some new sewer rat that comes out here and that on Main Street.
No common sense other than to create negative image of steemit in public eyes.
Thank you for bringing this up to broad daylight and steemeans to understand and recognized negative lobby of downvoters.

Excellent point @dobartim