I made the swich a year or two ago. It is much better I find. I leave it running in a tmux session on my server . with btop on one pane and switch to another with a split view to do work. It allows me to take a quick glance at any time while not taking the focus from what I was working on.
I saw him with "-1" so actually 2 people not just one person have misclicked according to your theory. Hmmm i don't know, but i hope it's true, better then the alternative