!BBH
I saw a recent post denouncing downvotes as abuse. I challenged some of the claims made by the author, but it had little effect, and I was eventually downvoted and impolitely told to go away.
My downvotes are generally for comment spam and bot activity. I try to upvotes what I see as quality content or good engagement. I have my habits from my favorites feed, and I know I should do more to find newer authors to support, but I try to focus the vast majority of my voting into support regardless.
RE: Understanding Downvotes on Hive and How to Respond Constructively