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.
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.