I got MASSIVE support: all my posts were pumped back up and I hit top 10 Trending
I have also found that I've gotten support and appreciate the community stepping up for me.
I do get that you can't have a totally decentralised platform, and then complain when someone does something you don't agree with. But it's just frustrating that it takes people with bigger accounts to fight what is essentially a pissing contest, for me.
Well, luckily the retaliation comes from few bad apples only. Most bigger accounts are reasonable enough not to engage in such behavior, because it negatively affects their reputation. I have downvoted a bunch, and only retaliation came from haejin and some small user whose vote barely affected my rewards.