I am afraid that this sort of situation if not is handled properly then it can hurt Hive.

startedThis (the downvote abuse) is already hurting Hive. @wil.metcalfe can say much more about this than me. He is doing a lot of good for this community, including me, yet there are people, who regularly downvote his comments. Unfortunately he even powering down (with the exception of @comet.ranker) and selling his Hive.