It has in many forms. One idea was to change the arrows to flags or +/- signs to break the association with up/down voting. To date the admins have not indicated that they've taken a position that I'm aware of, but I haven't been following it that closely. They've expressed confidence that the way they've designed the reputation system will offset abuse of the downvote button, so I will remain patient and see whether or not their confidence is justified.
It has in many forms. One idea was to change the arrows to flags or +/- signs to break the association with up/down voting. To date the admins have not indicated that they've taken a position that I'm aware of, but I haven't been following it that closely. They've expressed confidence that the way they've designed the reputation system will offset abuse of the downvote button, so I will remain patient and see whether or not their confidence is justified.