This one definitely deserved a @curie hit. I understand the frustration. I put hours into my posts (well, most of them; yesterday's was a potshot) and the reward is usually nowhere close to the effort. I think that's one of the main reasons why most people don't last long around here. Looks like China found you, though.

And I suspect that your downvotes are all coming from the idiots over at the Steemit Victims Defence League. They're just trolls and for the most part their votes are worthless. I'd just ignore them. Or, you could do like me, and add everyone who downvotes you to your very own cult.