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I'm not sure that a somewhat arbitrary numerical scale is the best way to track contributions. especially when the upvote/downvote buttons still seem to mostly be used for 'asshat --> non-asshat' differentiation.

Then we need to do a better job letting people know that it isn't "I think you're an asshat and I disagree with you breathing on this world" and it is "your answer isn't of a sufficient enough technical quality to serve as a useful response to the OT". With the old system we never said much of anything as to what the numbers meant.. with this one we will be explicit.
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Then I think there will need to be some sort of Editor role then to adjudicate votes/submissions.

What about a down voting cool down period? E.g. -10 rep, 24 cool off before you can down vote, -50 rep, 1 week cool off and so on.

What about a down voting cool down period? E.g. -10 rep, 24 cool off before you can down vote, -50 rep, 1 week cool off and so on.

There will be a cap on the number of upvotes / downvotes one can cast per day. If we didn't cap that you could theoretically go back and upvote a person's entire posting history and radically inflate their reputation.