Thanks for your comment!

Yes, I think very much like you about this issue.

The question becomes though if these downvotes are the cause for a lot of frustration up to the level that people think about giving up on here what is the goal of those that shortsightedly abuse they downvote capabilities.

Clearly I would absolutely understand if some fellow steemian would rather post on some other platform if the returns on here aren't worth the trouble of wasting time on such negative things like flag battles.

What really pisses me off though is that "policing" or "schooling" of others by targeting content and comments of fellow steemians by some individuals and groups.

This is surely not why I came here in the first place!

Don't get me wrong I like many ideas of the STEEM blockchain but the HF21 changes that messed with downvotes... imo they were a big mistake and if even seasoned steemians think about closing shop on here because of this how can anyone expect onboarding new users?

...and there are many other issues on here too all from people that act in their own interest like still a bunch of big guns on here still use self-upvoting on a regular basis. Their simply to big to seriously mess with them though.

Cheers!
Lucky