richatvns? In the past two years that I've been a member of Steemit, I've never downvoted anyone. I may express disagreement or disapproval of something that someone may have posted. However, before I would ever downvote anyone on Steemit, it would have to be an aggravated case in which that person was abusing the platform somehow. By the way, I liked your article, and I gave it an upvote. :-)