Downvotes aren't supposed to be "I don't like you" buttons. This is literally the man who wrote the email responding to the thread about the announcement. Regardless of how anyone feels about the response this should absolutely be the top comment on this thread. I shouldn't need to turn on "showdead" and highlight the comment just to read statements directly from the horses mouth as it were.

Sure, but it also hides a very interesting part of the conversation.

Use your downvotes to hide irrelevant posts, not to display your disagreement. (It won’t really display anything)