It ought to be possible to have a tool that shows you where a downvoter left a comment previously rather than doing it every time.
I do still downvote, but it's really just for plagiarism and persistent spam. There's also a lot of sneaky self-voting going on that most won't see. Some people run scripts to find such behaviour.
People like HW try to stay anonymous as they get some nasty threats and I've had some too.
I haven't downvoted yet. Still learning what to look out for and I don't want to get downvoted for doing it to the wrong one. Hopefully someone can build a tool that could show when a downvoter commented last or at least an automated script that when they downvote a repeated offender, it posts a link to what they have done. But at least some indication to what they have done. Maybe we could have a comment that is specifically with the downvote button that has the ability to post last comment or any of your saved downvote drafts. Where the comment only has access to downvote comments. With a few defaults to help people out.
The data is generally out there, but someone has to have incentives to create the tools. I don't know if this is on the priorities for the DAPP teams.
Very true. I'm still trying to figure what is out there. I hope someone does at some point because the downvote backlash doesn't look good and leads to more people getting caught in the crossfire.