With the reputation system now here, I think the time has come to scrap downvoting to remove rewards.
500 minnows and dolphins can decide they want to reward a post only for one whale to wipe out their decision.
We should allow users (including whales) to 'flag' content as "abuse" and hit the posters reputation only.
Previous voters have the option to unvote a post, if they feel the reason the content is being flagged is warranted.
@dantheman's analogy with electoral voting is flawed. In electoral voting you nullify votes by voting for someone else. On this platform, the same can be done. If I don't like post x, I can effectively negate it (monetarily) by voting for posts y & z. There is no right (in an electoral system) to vote for y & z and rip up a vote or two for x.
Downvoting gives too much power to the haves over the have nots IMO.
Yep. I stressed that point a few months back when it hit me hard on more than one occasion. ;)
Imagine if we had a Presidential election where the majority wanted one candidate to win but a few people with a lot of money just overruled them and sabotaged the whole thing ... oh wait ... never mind.
Minority rights. And there is no smaller minority than the individual ;).
#descriptionsonthespot need some support:)
LOL... loved the "never mind"...
Hey Tuck F. Heman.... LOL
This is what I think also, and even, this very post above pretty much explains why. And reputation scores, in my opinon, should not be 'objective numbers' but rather based on the opinions of the people you follow and how you vote for them. This makes the numbers look different depending on who you are, because, let's face it, there can be a very serious problem of Sybil attacks and these can be mitigated by network proximity algorithms.
Too many users are still voting for spammers/fakers/plagiarizers. There needs to be a way to take rewards away from them. If there is not, we will get a lot more of them.