Or we could simply not count blind down votes toward a user's rep. The issue there, though, is that if we don't count blind down votes from the homepage, we shouldn't be counting blind up votes, either.
I'm okay with that. I'd rather see it easier to upvote than to downvote.
Ooh, that's new information for me. What do you think of having the admins change that?
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I'd welcome that change. And I'd be in favor of having the reason be mandatory.