Have it so that if a senior member down votes something that you have down voted, that down vote doesn't count to your daily total. Down votes are meant for us to help peer moderate, if someone posts 20 bad articles a day (and by bad I mean, they need to be removed), then newer users can only help stop by down voting a handful of the posts.
TL;DR: Lv40~45+ accounts should be able to restock down votes of younger members if they down vote as well.
I personally really disagree with this idea. It encourages the same kind of popularity voting that takes place on reddit. If Unidan (before his fall) disagreed with something in a comment, the post he replied to would instantly be downvoted to a ridiculous degree, even on matters of opinion. There were/are many other users with the same influence, I just don't know them offhand. If users had limited amounts of negative votes to give, they would have to personally disagree, not just vote down on a whim because everyone else is doing it. I think that this in turn promotes more independent thinking.
As for the solution to your example, gladsdotter is on point, send a PM or report it somehow outside of the voting system.
Have it so that if a senior member down votes something that you have down voted, that down vote doesn't count to your daily total. Down votes are meant for us to help peer moderate, if someone posts 20 bad articles a day (and by bad I mean, they need to be removed), then newer users can only help stop by down voting a handful of the posts.
TL;DR: Lv40~45+ accounts should be able to restock down votes of younger members if they down vote as well.
I personally really disagree with this idea. It encourages the same kind of popularity voting that takes place on reddit. If Unidan (before his fall) disagreed with something in a comment, the post he replied to would instantly be downvoted to a ridiculous degree, even on matters of opinion. There were/are many other users with the same influence, I just don't know them offhand. If users had limited amounts of negative votes to give, they would have to personally disagree, not just vote down on a whim because everyone else is doing it. I think that this in turn promotes more independent thinking.
As for the solution to your example, gladsdotter is on point, send a PM or report it somehow outside of the voting system.