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It's that momentum. Once you start going negative, you get pile driven even lower
Only if you are really stupid or controversial. In a popular thread you can turn the votes around with subsequent posts or a clarifying edit.
Sometimes you start with the person you replied to down voting you because they think you disagreed with them, then others read your comment and up vote it