Don't know if it's the right thing to do or not.
But if I would get downvoted for a reason that I don't agree in, I would just go ahead and upvote myself to recover the losses from that downvote. (Meaning REP loss, idc about the steem payout)
(I don't normally vote for myself)
Like IDC what people do with their stake, they are free to downvote me, because that's their decision, and their right to do so.
EDIT: And also I lately I have noticed that steemit community doesn't accept oppinions from small stake holders (Like me).
If I go somewhere and just want to say out my oppinion, I find myself being flagged for a couple of days.
Like jeez, fine I won't tell y'all what I think when I get treated like that.
1 Oppinion less.
[This hasn't happened to me lately, since I have been holding back]