I recently had a 2 Hive downvote and found it odd. I looked up who it was from and I really deserved it because I did something wrong. Personally I have no problem about it if it is my fault and they explain to me why it was at least not to do it again.
Lately I have seen that there is a lot of research to be done on all this downvote stuff.
The downvote drama jajaja I'm going to have to write a post about it
I think if you add value to the blockchain and stay away from the drama, you can steer clear of the DV's unless someone really doesn't like your stuff. Posts like this, potentially can make me a target. lol But at the end of the day, I want everyone to win on Hive. Downvotes or not.
In the end, behaving well has a lot to do with it. If things are not done wrong and as you say you avoid the drama you can avoid the downvote. Even so, I think there is much more behind all this downvoting that I don't know because of how new I am.