There are a lot of variety of people here on steemit. There are whales, dolphins and minnows. If one of these people don't like your post, most likely you'll be thrown out of the water. I guess we have to look and see deeper and study deeply why our posts are being downvoted. We can't please everybody. Everyone has its own likes and dislikes. Sometimes we miss something. Every post has its category where the post should be posted, maybe you put the wrong category, If I'm not mistaken.
There's downvoting because someone doesn't like your content or it's in the wrong category, but I think the OP is talking about systematic retaliation where you make some comment supporting a user who is getting bullied and then have every single post you make downvoted by a bot farm for an indefinite period of time. Fear of retaliation along these lines has been keeping me out of these discussions. I don't know if there's a way to be involved in anti-bullying/anti-abuse on steemit if you're a minnow. It seems like you need a whale on your side.
Yep.
A lot to learn on steemit. There are many bots out there. Just ride on and don't lose balance. Be watchful in words and be kind as much as possible.