maybe just turn off downvoting all together? if someone is breaking the rules, they can be flagged if you disagree with someone don't vote them up. This way

maybe just turn off downvoting all together? if someone is breaking the rules, they can be flagged if you disagree with someone don't vote them up. This way the top comments will go to the top as usual, and interesting discussions with 100s of upvotes won't have 3 points