Not angry at all, on the contrary quite enjoying the engagement around this topic.
Apologies for the delay in completing my response, my bandwidth vanishes for hours daily, which was the case again today. I hope it's not something that I'm doing to cause it. It's weird because I'm posting less. I'm going to have to look into it.
I agree with the guidelines as posted, but they remain guidelines. For example this is the supposed "rule" for down voting. In my book it's a guideline.
What are the valid reasons for downvoting?
Users are allowed to downvote for any reason that they want. There are many users in the community who recommend only using the downvote on posts that are abusive. It is up to you if you want to follow this etiquette.
In the end it boils down to individual personalities. Use the guidelines OR use them for innovation. I don't think it's important that we necessarily have to agree. You have a view and I have one too. I think it's more important that we are able to remain tolerant of all steemit "species"...lol!.
So where, do I stand in all of this. As I said I will probably tone down my approach in future.
I've enjoyed your views and I have taken them into account. Hopefully, you not angry either, and we could engage further on other topics in future. I have elected to follow you as to observe some of your work, perhaps there is more to see and learn.