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Check the link, it seems it could well happen at some point...

Oh! I have read that. And I disagree.
Don't want to annoy you personally. Thought your analysis is another argument as yo why the downvote discussion is not the most important thing at the moment.
Just check who is among the top downvoters you excluded. Are these the accounts we want to encourage?

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Well actually, my sick Grandad is what's really on my mind at present but I don't feel like writing about that today. So a brief analysis piece as I was tagged in the comments of the post linked will suit me fine today.

Just check who is among the top downvoters you excluded. Are these the accounts we want to encourage?

accountowned SPactive SP
abusereports49584.5516776657.70861
camillesteemer72.13656544.425626452
cheetah2464.4550142465.871897
dumb-as-an-ox23.2580404923.26193563
flags4pedos214.8318645214.8678435
iflagtrash238.4470274238.4869613
lyndsayblowes2095.0028352095.353695
mack-bot1289.488624260912.0265
plentyofphish58.650534656256.868256
realcleaner51315.3222651323.91628
scruffyjunkies12.5696135912.57171869
shit-posts37.5314278337.5377134
spaminator1976.5050442797080.692
steemcleaners19238.131381601644.066
trollshunter0.2569384990.256981529

All in all, there is not a lot of owned SP there - most of it is Steemit Incs delegations.

realcleaner and abusereports are owned by whales with a big sense of humour :)

First: I wishing your grandfather the best.
Second: we know who the good guys are. My worry is that the new changes will mainly be abused by toxic accounts.

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Thank you.

I don't think the situation can get worse. For the most part, average users producing reasonable content are not flagged.

There is however a constant stream of comment farming, content indifferent voting, and plagiarism.