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That sounds like Slashdot's moderation system.

• VMG 15y ago
  Except on slashdot you also have to state a reason for upvoting. The main problem with downvoting for me is that often people vote down out of disagreement, resulting in groupthink. In my opinion, downvotes should hide comments and punish commenters that don't contribute to the discussion. By making downvoting slightly harder, you could focus on the proper subset of comments that should be punished, like spam and insults. (and by the way fix the UI problem of two arrows that are much too close to each other)