I would get my Stasi skills out and come after them with vengeance ππ,
just kidding, luckily no one has downvoted my content as of now. I think depending on your state of being at the time of a downvote it hurts you more or less. I would crunch too at first, what you see is a heart symbol broken and that you take as love being taken away from you.
I guess when you know why you got downvoted it doesn't bother you as much as if it just happens. For those who are plagiarizing and stuff a downvote doesn't really hurt period I would think, as it is a risk they calculate when taking the easy train.
Sure with some topics you might not be able to re-invent the wheel, but some personal touch you can give to any topic.
After all DVs are there and will be used, for good or for bad reasons. I haven't used DV, I just don't upvote a post. Either way, being a little fish in the sea it would just be a personal statement to DV and that is not worth the drama.
Hive is having some mechanisms to deal with stuff like that and unless I don't have a function besides being a random user I wouldn't rise above my means, creating bad vibes.
Amen π