We've been discussing about changing the voting system and make it as follows:
- Everybody can give a limited amount of phuks ("votes")
- Each user gets sqrt(LEVEL) "votes" per hour
- A user can have up to LEVEL+10 "votes"
- Nobody can downvote until X condition is met and a certain badge is given
- A downvote would cost the same as two upvotes
An example: I'm level 15, so I get 3 votes per hour and I can have up to 25 votes at any time. It takes 9 hours to get 25 votes at 3/hr, so if in those 9 hours I spend my 25 votes, I can still get more for the rest of the day (at 3/hr, up to 72 per day, being level 15).
If Voat has taught me anything, its that downvoting can be easily abused. So I like the extra weight that it gets. Voat was trying to take away power from mods. But then places like ProtectVoat were able to organize and aggressively turn other subs into their own echo chambers.
I like whats been suggested here.
I would like to keep it open to discussion though. Give the formula a few months to work out. But always be open to fine tuning it.