Natalie Posted:

No, my inquiry was based upon attempting to understand the reasoning behind the cessation of downvoting in this instance.

Well I must say that I totally missed the new “Pbum” option when I made the thread so that may be a solution. But what I noticed on my submissions is they first get a long string of upvotes (obviously most people like them), then a long string of downvotes (huh?). It just reeks of gamesmanship I think.