Generally, while I do not particularly enjoy being downvoted, its up to the user how to interpret these things. If we are going to engage together, building on HIVE, I think we need to come to the conclusion that "downvotes aren't so bad" and that there are different things that you can do about them and in response to them.
For example, I am currently being downvoted by @stickupcurator, after he got mad that someone else got downvoted by Zero list, which is a list that when users are on, all their rewards are zeroed. Some may say that this is "mean", but also it is a disagreement with rewards, which is a valid use of voting power. I sold my LGN tokens long ago and so stickupboys has decided to downvote me now while he powers down, and this is his decision.
It also, doesn't have to matter that much, "we can still be friends" - I really believe this. We can all accept less than perfect curation and we can all go about our business making content and building games and tools, putting whatever content we value being inside the HIVE blocks.
Some people might not know, but a project I am quite involved with - @moon.records, which notifies of big battles (hall of fame), records and kill streaks (plus Moons, of course), is on the Zero list.
But that doesn't mean we aren't going to do it. We are actively engaging Layer 2 rewards of ONEUP tokens with the comments, and we continue to fine-tune both the discord notifier, its Hive connection and the events that trigger such notifications. Its a fun use of the HIVE blockchain, I think. That doesn't give it a "right" to get paid. Maybe one day it could, maybe they should be prettier, idk. But I am proud of the development, the comment containerization, the webhooks, and the layer 2 rewardification. I enjoy building stuff!
We don't have to fight about everything. We should probably communicate more and better, and be nicer to each other. We are all just people, doing what they think is best.
Not every downvote is a "war".
Just keep building.