Few days ago I read that peakd hides the downvotes shown on a post. Then, I thought why they need such thing if downvote is a part of this blockchain. As I have said before, I see downvoting as a drawback of this great blockchain as long aa it is used arbitrary.

As regards xaccount, I read that they have been created as a reaction since the big part of HIVE tokens generated on the blockchain are distributed mostly among whales. However, they downvote even minnows, which is sarcastic.