/u/Idontmindturtle already mentioned that with a requirement of a choice that there will become a default choice, so I have a different idea.
What if we make it where you have to upvote, say, 10 posts/comments in order to be able to downvote 1 post or comment? Yes, there would still be some wrongly downvoted posts, BUT, at least it would make sure that the general atmosphere is positive.
Maybe I should make this into a post of its own for the xp, but I'm lazy.
Maybe 10 is a bit much, but if you are active on the site, you should over time build a small stockpile of downvotes in case you do see a couple posts that truly need downvotes.
/u/Idontmindturtle already mentioned that with a requirement of a choice that there will become a default choice, so I have a different idea.
What if we make it where you have to upvote, say, 10 posts/comments in order to be able to downvote 1 post or comment? Yes, there would still be some wrongly downvoted posts, BUT, at least it would make sure that the general atmosphere is positive.
Maybe I should make this into a post of its own for the xp, but I'm lazy.
What if you see two very troll/negative comments? You will need to upvote 20 good comments/posts? I feel like your idea is too restrictive.
Maybe 10 is a bit much, but if you are active on the site, you should over time build a small stockpile of downvotes in case you do see a couple posts that truly need downvotes.