Dicks are always, and have always been, an unavoidable member of any community that is big enough to actually support itself. This is due to the number of dicks IRL. You can't stop them from existing, but you can totally take the wind out of their sails through clever algorithms and automatic flagging of suspicious use. Personally, I just think downvoting should be a fairly high-level privilege - like level 10 or something. Perhaps even weighting the value of your downvote power in line with your level? Maybe there could be threats of having xp deducted from you if you are spot checked and found to be abusing your downvote power, which would then reduce the weight of your downvotes?
Dicks are always, and have always been, an unavoidable member of any community that is big enough to actually support itself. This is due to the number of dicks IRL. You can't stop them from existing, but you can totally take the wind out of their sails through clever algorithms and automatic flagging of suspicious use. Personally, I just think downvoting should be a fairly high-level privilege - like level 10 or something. Perhaps even weighting the value of your downvote power in line with your level? Maybe there could be threats of having xp deducted from you if you are spot checked and found to be abusing your downvote power, which would then reduce the weight of your downvotes?