Steem is like the wild west with no official lawmen. We have to act like vigilantes if we encounter outlaws and that is why we have downvotes. Otherwise how can we combat excessive self-voting or buying of votes for junk posts. As part of @steemflagrewards I have seen it all. Without people like that Steem would be much worse than it is. Many of us care about making it better because we want it to keep going and for good content to get rewarded. I have taken out Steem before to buy stuff, but for now I am just powering up so I can do more to achieve these aims. We all win if Steem grows.