As someone who posts OC, disabling down votes has been a big improvement.

I post pictures of my wife and I. We do this for our own pleasure and to help contribute to the community.

We are not conventionally attractive, but on Reddit we were able to find many places where we could feel welcomed, valued, and hot!

When I started posting here our content was heavily downvoted, even in communities appropriate for it. This was very discouraging. It made us feel bad about doing something we should be doing for fun.

Removing downloads has been a positive change for us. It's made us feel better about posting here.

I would prefer to keep no down votes for the time being. The biggest problem facing this platform right now is a lack of people posting OC. We need more contributors.

To focus should be on making things as comfortable and positive as possible for the people who choose to contribute.

It's only been a short amount of time since the change was implemented. Is there any data to show if there has been a change in the amount of OC posted?