I wuv the Downvote OC, she’s such a cutie and now she’ll just evolve a little, if only mentally, like a Persona 5 Maxed Confidant Persona.
I think this is a good change and will encourage more people to post that may be starting up, as well as all of the other benefits you listed that come along with it.
It can be intimidating to more new/inexperienced artists to post art and potentially get bombarded with downvotes and negativity and maybe even zero comments that clarify
why a downvote was given. I imagine this change will reduce a lot of that and pave the way for some more useful dialogue to take place,
maybe.
@Breathing4Fun
I can understand your viewpoint but I have a slightly different way of looking at it, constructive criticism is always good for newer artists and anyone that makes mistakes you think could be improved, but people now have to actively comment in accordance with the rules to do that, having a pile of downvotes with no comments is just discouraging to many people, and this change makes sense for that reason if you ask me.
No problems here personally.