I feel it's normal to get downvotes back from small or new players but it's pathetic to see the counter downvotes from the big players or writers who act like they really care for steem. It happened to me 2 days ago. I hope you don't mind linking that post because such it's better to know such characters. Steem has become so discouraging for me day after day.
https://steemit.com/steem/@pennsif/the-steem-news-10-september-2019#@katteasis/pxncgm
I don't even want to write an article, post-photography from busy because it gives me a small upvote a day. there is nothing new with #newsteem. Same old story but slightly a different narration.
It's been long time since I've last engaged with you. I hope you are having nice time.
Retaliation flags are frustrating as it's likely the downvote would not arrive to your content if you didn't downvote theirs. I guess it's best to move on keep producing the content.
Yes things are OK thanks, considering i'm no longer living in the sunshine :) Thanks, you too.
I learned a new word today "retaliation", thanks for adding it in my vocabulary. Why have you moved to a different place? assuming winter is yet to come in UK.
:)
For work and my daughter - I don't think i'll be here forever though.
You are getting discouraged by the 4 lame downvoters, when there is so much positive support for that post?
You are focusing on the wrong things!! Negativity breeds negativity - you need to focus on the positive and let that feed your motivation. Laugh at the downvoters as they are obviously jealous or just on some stupid auto-downvoter trail for no reason but to feel cool.
I had someone comment one of my posts that it was well down and great original content, but literally 10 minutes later some downvoter came along and left their displeasure on that same post without a word of explanation.. but I just laughed at them. When there are comments to support the upvotes but downvoters can't even be bothered to leave the reason they are opposing, why should I even let them occupy my mind?
The universe gives you what you want, and if you dwell with negative energy about something, the universe thinks negativity is what you want and will keep giving you move of it.. So think about what you want the universe to bring you :)
Where did I tell that I am discouraged with that 4 downvotes? Sorry, I don't read further....
Oh, you seemed to be talking about downvotes being given to a post undeserving and linked to the post, the post you linked had 4 downvotes, so that's what I was referring to.
I linked a comment, and I didn't mind those downvotes at all because that's not related to the post. What I tried to show is an example of how even a well-known steemian go mad when he gets the downvotes which is pretty much in the system as a separate downvote pool, in opposite how he/she promoting #newsteem. I get flags before and after that and I don't go crying. If you have noticed that post was featured on steemit and that user gets featured almost everyday shilling "newsteem" things on his/her post but can't accept the small downvote(pretty much a feature of newsteem) and choose to flag-back. That was my point.
Again it's just an example and it's not just only about me.
It wouldn't be an issue for me if it was from you or anybody else who is just a normal blogger(as I am) here, not a steem shiller or so-called well-wisher.
The story goes like this I downvoted his steem related post with my 2-3 cents power and he immediately came to downvote two of my post and when I commented a screenshot about how he became butthurt, then he immediately buried that comment with his alternative account(s) to hide his behavior from others, the above link is of that comment.
I cannot deny the fact that it discouraged me to use my downvote power again.