I would prefer to see a little less victim-blaming here.
(I'm not sure whether you intended it as such -- but that phrase "participation in flame-bait topics" sounds like it.)
How is this victim blaming? As I interpret it the claim is that the person was probably NOT the victim of systematic downvoting but instead made a lot of comments that are counter to what people like to hear, creating the illusion of same.
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.