I have thought about it all week. Something just wasn't making me keen on voting - either way. I don't want to see anyone leave the platform over this. I think that there is a way to move forward and making down-voting not an issue.

I think that anything that gets entrenched into the culture of a place becomes the law, where the code would take a back seat to the culture. I think that there are ways to develop a culture on POB that renders the downvote more or less obsolete. I am not quite sure how to do it, but I do feel that this is a good starting point to keep churning out what is important to people on POB. This proposal shows that there are a lot of people that would like to try a downvote free zone. I would like to see that too... but I would also like to do it in a way that it is just abolished.

Issues in the world are never stopped due to a law being passed. It is when the culture shifts that the magic happens. I would love to see, and be a part of, more discussion on how to build a culture on POB where there is no need for a downvote (even if the option is there).

I really hope that you stay here and try to build something great even if this proposal does not pass @trostparadox. I also know that my abstention is basically a no vote. I did not vote "NO" either. I wasn't enough on board to vote yes, and I wasn't too strongly opposed to vote no.