If your idea can't withstand the biting criticism of a handful of downward-pointing pixels. It's not a very good idea.
I'm disappointed, saddened, and those other negative feelings, that I can't downvote this thread.
3 years ago(+8)
Because I was downvoted by my mom when I was born and it has been a Scarlet Letter on my entire existence. Back then we didn't have Keyboard Warriors such as yourself to fight for my cause. I would go to lawyers to see about suing my mom for having an opinion but no one would take my case. They just laughed at me. Their verbal downvotes furthered my downward spiral until I hit rock bottom. Which was even more worse because it was like a downvote from life itself.
3 years ago (+10)
My mother's downvote has followed me my entire life. Don't mock my pain! Look at what she makes me wear even as an adult! Disgraceful.
3 years ago(+9)
I say we also remove the upvote button. I feel particularly bad when I see other people getting more upvotes than me.
We should also get rid of analytics. Knowing I'm not getting millions of views on my week-old game here is driving me to drink.
Going further in the interest of protecting people's feelings, we should remove comments since any criticism against one's opinion is its own kind of downvote. You should delete this post because it is a criticism against itch.io and that hurt their feelings.
Keeping in the spirit of protecting people, we should ban social media. Seeing other people having more followers and doing things I can't makes me feel down. That can't be allowed. No one should feel any sort of negativity for any reason. Let alone during a voluntary, public activity using third-party software online.
Pushing onward to the utopia of perpetual happiness, we should ban friends. Some people have more friends than I do and therefore might be happier than I am. Such sinful decadence.
While we're cleaning up society to minimize the downsides of one's own choices, let's shoot everyone in the leg. There are some people in the world who have been hurt by one thing or the other. Why should some go on through life with two legs while there are people with one or no legs? It's downright greedy to not suffer the whims of fate. So let's push her hand and just put a cap in us all.
And finally, let's all stop eating. There are people who can't taste and watching us enjoy food is the ultimate downvote. I expect everyone reading this, particularly Suspense Comix, the true visionary who thought up the first step in our new future. To be the first in line to stop eating and show us all the way to a more perfect union.
3 years ago(+7)
What's satire? When will you fully commit to making the world a better place by not eating? That's the end game of removing minor, personal discomforts. I await your visionary first step with fervent desire. Please live stream your magnificent attempt to make the world a better place. Be a shining beacon of humanity for all to see. Encourage others by your selfless actions of not eating for the greater good so that no one will ever be downvoted at all for any reason.