It will still be difficult getting upvotes I am on the same boat my average post gets .02 in upvotes (my first post on Hive got $6.19 and second got .40 but I don’t think it will stay that way) and yes you can downvote posts. Im pretty sure they will hardfork Steem and they might take away down votes on Steem and lower powerdown time but looks like majority of the community is making the switch to Hive. I also made the switch but still keep an eye here. You can always use both and see which one you like more. If interested in checking out Hive use peakd.com it is steempeak version for Hive.