I have no idea why you even mentioned removing downvotes. Personally I love them!
By 'working behind the scenes' I take it that you mean hiding until the smoke cleared instead of fighting on the front lines.
My original point had nothing to do with whatever 'creative labors' you may or may not have been working on and everything to do with the OCD upvote circle-jerk cabal.
I won't hold it against you if you take it as some kind of personal attack on your 'art' when it is really a stab at OCD itself.
lol, front lines...