Just to answer one part: I follow /. etiquette. I don't vote in threads I participate in. Also the website does not permit downvoting responses so you know it

Just to answer one part: I follow /. etiquette. I don't vote in threads I participate in. Also the website does not permit downvoting responses so you know it wasn't me who voted your newer response down. So you can then conclude it's also possible that people disagree with your original post and that the voting was by someone else.