in reply to Am I breaking the rules?

There are hundreds of us here. One person probably downvoted both. That probably has almost no reflection on you or the nodes.

Search around for tons and tons of other discussions on the topics of voting, downvoting, why some good nodes get zero upvotes, etc.

Advice: The more you ignore downvotes, the happier you will be.

        - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")