Have you ever asked a user why they have upvoted? If you say yes I'll not believe you.
Why don't you simply get on with what you're doing rather than worrying about what others are doing?
I'm sure you have things in your life that are more important and more worthy of your time than whining about a downvote that, in the grand scheme of your life, means absolutely nothing.
You can do as you like here, it's a free forum, however others also have that same right. Spending your time whinging about it isn't going to be productive for you; you can't change others so focus on what you do rather than complaining.
I'm trying to offer you some advice here.
Back a while I was receiving downvotes to the tune of $10-$12 on every post, for some 4-5 months. I never said a word. Those downvotes were coming to me because I was friends with someone else that downvoter didn't like, my brother in fact, who also received the downvotes. Not everyone is going to agree with everyone else and that's the way of the world. Try just getting on with your own life, draw a line beneath it: #cowgirl up and move on.
It's your choice though, as it is other people's choice to do as they choose.
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