well maybe hive conciousness working or something :D But i also already wroted about that here 11 days ago:
https://peakd.com/polish/@khrom/dlaczego-dovnwoty-szkodza-sieci-hive
and here 3 days ago:
https://peakd.com/polish/@khrom/podsumowanie-downvotowego-researchu-summary-of-downvote-research
First part it's only polish but i think that some translator could help ;)
It was reealy really big storm about this in polish community.
Second article is my summary and conclusion about all of that and there is also english.
Maybe it's helps you see some things in relation to downvoting in a different light ;)