But why would you create a post which is simply there for the reward to be burned - if you could have the same and even better effect by downvoting?
I personally don't like downvoting due to the negative effect - but if the reason that this post was created is to counter-act some abusers, why not simply downvote those abusers?
The effect is not the same. Downvoting shifts those rewards to other posts, but what if the total is just too high? Both have a role to play.