Damn dude....Hate reading this but completely understand. I think a big problem is this attitude of 'what's a quality post' and what is not...Seeing Appics getting downvoted , I guess the powers that be don't understand social media and not everything needs to be a Pulitzer prize winning article.

That has to change before Steem becomes adopted. And like you said...A lot of the 'fun' goes away when the downvotes start flying to people that don't deserve them.

Hope things improve, cause I would hate to see you take too long a break.