Hi Shaka, an interesting concept, thanks for asking this curly question!
If people go out of their way to take the time to write a blog and post that, or they comment on another blog, we downvote? I upvote regardless of a person's stature here on Steem.
There is already too much negativity in the world. I like to remain positive and I hope by at least not downvoting, I remain neutral. I hope readers will see my upvote as a way of rewarding engagement.
When you paddle out to surf, and get ready to jump on to the best wave, then someone says "my wave get off", time to sell your board and walk away. Do we really want that disengagement here, on Steem?
Maybe we need a new Steem tribe: depressme!