Please don't break the site guidelines by going on about downvoting like that. It just invites more downvotes—this time, correct ones, however unfair they were in the first place.
It's true that bad downvotes occur, but it's also true that fair-minded users give corrective upvotes to reverse them: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor.... This would have been a perfect case for that, if you hadn't spoiled the post by venting about downvotes. It's true that they can be annoying sometimes, but that's not a good reason to make the thread worse.
Most western communities does not rely on dark patterns. Reddit is probably the only site besides HN that have dark patterns when it comes to voting. Downvotes does not promote what you think it does. Go look at the stats if you have them.
Edit: I would also downvote your garbage input if it possible.
It's true that bad downvotes occur, but it's also true that fair-minded users give corrective upvotes to reverse them: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor.... This would have been a perfect case for that, if you hadn't spoiled the post by venting about downvotes. It's true that they can be annoying sometimes, but that's not a good reason to make the thread worse.