'can' is not will. But few users will deploy their downvotes in a way devs have modeled. Most people don't flag, and won't. Most people that do don't do so for reasons we want them to, but because they're pissed off at what someone said.
That's why this comment will be flagged. That's all the proof we need that this will only make things worse.
I flag trash. You have received a flag.
Just wait until srednas einreb and cgn are succeed in getting him or his many other targets to quit, and they move onto their next target...which could be you. Many people are quitting. The people behind it could be trying to push the latest product Dan is working on, in which case they won't be happy until we are all purged. @Vandeberg 's proposal is causing more people to powerdown and flee as the company is refusing to address existing problems that harm the community.