second that - current members have moral right to preserve the intent of the site. Id make upvote power logarithmic in Karma, vis - upvote = K log( karma

second that - current members have moral right to preserve the intent of the site. Id make upvote power logarithmic in Karma, vis - upvote = K log( karma ) dnvote = K/4 log( karma ) which would imply a certain Karma before you could upvote at all, and a larger karma before you could downvote at all. Not sure how to solve karma hunting, but that's orthogonal, and a smaller issue. Id weaken downvote power because it is more damaging when used, and also because it seems to act in a way to reduce freedom of speech : people may be scared to speak the truth due to fear of losing karma, which devalues the site. Id almost prefer not to have downvotes, but there are comments I might want downvoted [racism, personal abuse, religious bigotry etc]