>For some reason people are loath to downvote an early answer without competition, even if it's rubbish. Yeah, that's because downvoting answers cost reputatio

>For some reason people are loath to downvote an early answer without competition, even if it's rubbish. Yeah, that's because downvoting answers cost reputation. If not for that, people would be waaay more willing to downvote ... but that would also bring a practice of downvoting good answer made by others to boost your own