One of the problems with the anonymisation of voting is that no-one really knows who is voting for who and why, most of the time. You are right that Hivewatchers has never downvoted me and I appreciate that - however, I have heard plenty of complaints about the downvoting that Hivewatchers does that certainly make them feel and look similar to what is being done to me. His comments about racism and verbal abuse have been echoed to me from far too many different people for me to be willing to disbelieve him.