Can any user downvote, or is some karma needed? It would be good if only users with karma at least, say, 20 could downvote, because that would prevent creating a new account for safe mass downvoting. (Similar system is used at StackExchange.) I’m saying this because if we adopt a policy of detecting and punishing mass downvoters, their logical next step would be to mass-downvote using a different account.
You can’t give more than 4 * your karma number of downvotes.
If an obvious case of mass-downvoting is detected, there should be an ad-hoc tribunal made by three people from MIRI / CFAR / Trike. The tribunal should decide whether the situation deserves punishment or not. It is their choice whether their decision includes asking the offender’s explanation.
This will waste too much of their time and it is a bit too subjective.
You can’t give more than 4 * your karma number of downvotes.
This will waste too much of their time and it is a bit too subjective.
That would be a lot of downvotes for someone who has been around a while. I’d get bored with downvoting long before I used up my quota.
That’s exactly why I use the downvoting scripts.
:-D
Sorry, couldn’t resist.
Only if mass downvoting is frequent. (Not sure if that’s the case.)