Are you asking about someone who is lying (intentional or not) about the reason why they are downvoting? That certainly would be the next question about how to handle arbitration.
I don't have any specific ideas off the top of my head, but I'm sure there are ways of allowing the community to try to suppress this type of activity.
Granted. The point being we're never going to be able to determine with any degree of certainty whether someone was using downvotes simply to punish or if they genuinely felt they were discouraging bad behavior. I don't think we'll ever be able to eliminate the use of the downvote as a button for "I disagree."
Are you asking about someone who is lying (intentional or not) about the reason why they are downvoting? That certainly would be the next question about how to handle arbitration.
I don't have any specific ideas off the top of my head, but I'm sure there are ways of allowing the community to try to suppress this type of activity.
Granted. The point being we're never going to be able to determine with any degree of certainty whether someone was using downvotes simply to punish or if they genuinely felt they were discouraging bad behavior. I don't think we'll ever be able to eliminate the use of the downvote as a button for "I disagree."
You're right unfortunately.