"Rendering a downvote is technically just a user expressing their opinion that a post is overvalued"

'Rendering a downvote'? Sounds like the team's verbiage has already changed. I also note that you argued heavily in favour of this change. I'm thinking it has already been decided and is just being fake-run-by the community to pretend there was some public consultation.

Sooo....

Flagging is just expressing the opinion that a post is overvalued? Wow, that's news to me! I've never been using flags that way. I've only used them on inappropriate content, people trying to glitch the site code, and calls for violence.

All those posts on the 'trending' and 'hot' tabs that are clearly overvalued are the legitimate targets of all our flags?!? Hmmm!