This should give you some insight into L&P's thoughts on this event.
L&P is a liar.
This is how L&P follows the voting results.
When he gets the results he wants, he says, "Because people wanted it," and when he gets results that are different from what he wants, he ignores them.
The reason he wanted to delete the second side job was because it was causing problems uploading the game to Steam.
The reason he reversed his plan to delete the second side job was because he gave up on his plan to upload the game to Steam.
It's not because of the people.
(Or maybe his Steam plan itself was a lie.)
And this is why the value of the characters is lost and the story is delayed.
He made it clear that the janitor was coming back.
And Darnell had value to people as a “black man.”
But because of Deshaun, their value is diluted.
Whatever Vicki's role was, Patricia, Natalie, and Cathy could fill it.
But with the addition of the "unpopular" Vicky, their appearances were pushed back even further, which only extended the production period and delayed the story.
He adds a college friend despite already having a high school friend in the game, and a lesbian couple despite having a lesbian partner.
He continues like this, rehashing the same scenes with just different characters/locations.
If Cathy/Andy had appeared instead of Vicky/Deshaun, the period could have been shortened at least. (Although neither couple is popular.)
Of course, for this reason, L&P will never do that.