I prefer to find facts and truth where I can.

I genuinely believe the answer to "what a downvote is," will never be defined.

A downvote and how it is used is going to be shaped by the personality and weight of the stakeholders at a given point in time. The personality and weight of stakeholders will always change so how a downvote is used and what it is will always change.

I think what you have proposed is your definition, and your definition is true to you.

To me real world analogies will fall short of capturing what HIVE is because what HIVE is will never be defined.