You probably read too much into the downvotes, and people who downvoted you in the other thread might not even be the same people deciding on the future of C++.

I didn't downvote you (that's not something I do) but I didn't find your comment particularly relevant or on topic. This disapproval thing and working on memory safety don't seem related at all. Someone told you they had the impression that you were pushing for Rust without mentioning it. Your comment might have felt like you were backseat driving as well. More memory safety in C++ would be cool, but do you have actual ideas on how to achieve this? There are a lot of reasons people could have downvoted you.

You shouldn't worry too much about it though, just relax and forget about it. It's fine. Happens to the best of us.