Not a great idea at all

I think it would be good to have downvotes and flags.  Flags having a negative consequence to rep and downvotes not.

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I guess you should also provide a definition for "too big reward"

If I would see a completely unprofessional photo-mess-post with a reward XX from first-day-on-steemit user, should I  downvote the post or opposite: to upvote and support newbie?

Also, by downvoting you would punish all people who already upvoted a post.

I got an idea. We could create an anti-flag-war account that protects everyone that gives it a portion of their sp

I had another idea in mind concerning flagging. How about we create an automated solution that will query the most significant flags (likely from trending), create posts for these flags noting the ones that have flagged, and have the community determine if said flags were indeed merited example overvalued content. Once the respective posts pay out, the automated solution will then distribute the rewards to the downvoters for their service to the community through use of their voting power for supporting quality control on the blockchain.

I will state emphatically that I am not a proponent of self-voting in any fashion. I am a huge fan; however, of the sweat equity principle. As one who has recently gone through the entire whitepaper, I believe I may have some semblance of the ideal present but believe fully that we as a community have strayed from it.  But that's just one minnows opinion. If you happened to read this far, thank you.

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I have only a couple of problems with down voting. 
<b>1.</b> It is a one way ticket. I have read the FAQ and a person with less reputation downvoting a user with higher reputation has no effect. That needs to be fixed so that if I as a minnow think that a whale or a dolphin has overpaid themselves then I should be able to effect their payout, right now a redfish (my current status), or a minnow or even a dolphin can not do very much when it comes to effecting reward pool payout. 

So you do not need to convince me about reward pool rape. It happens. It is done mostly by whales. A redfish is not going to remove significant amounts of money from the pool. A really fat dolphin or a skinny whale will.  People need to look at who are causing the so called reward pool rapes. I would bet that 90% of the time it is caused by a whales ridiculas valuation of a post and their upvote to it. Slamming and pounding on a minnow, or minor dolphin is not the way to go. 

<b>Solution</b>, Make it easier to see who valued the post so high, and then make a downvote system that affects only that vote. Not a person's reputation, not a persons post. Make the downvote go where it needs to go, against the individual that gave it such a ridiculous high valuation. 

<b>2.</b>Any one downvoting a post/poster for reward dispute, should not be allowed to profit off of their actions. IE: making 3 follow up post and collecting in excess of 3 times the amount of money they state they saved for the reward pool. That is total and complete bullshit and the rewards should have been declined if they were indeed doing it for the user of steemit, and not to line their own damn pockets. 

<b>Final Conclusion</b>: This is primarily a whale and scammer issue, and not a minnow issue.  There is unfortunately no easy method to determine who owns what names. When an individual is downvoted by 52 names though, that kind of gives a clue that they are all connected to one person.
<b>P.P.S.</b>
<h3>Tell the dev's thanks for making the comment box resizable.</h3>

I liked the contribution bit.  It helped me understand high payouts for some creators who I could say contributed a lot to the betterment of the platform as opposed to some amazing content or art.  This is a great way to differentiate between the two core peoples that make steemit what it is.  I like your proposed ideas, especially to delegate voting power to flags and even a separate downvote pool.

However this also in my opinion takes away from the sense of community.  We as a community need to come together and decide what is more important?  Curation rewards, or giving our favorite author rewards they may very well deserve, or do we want to come together as a community and sacrifice some downvoting for the sake of protecting our investment?  

Not doing anything won't give us different results, and if I know one thing, there is some serious power in numbers.  

For the sake of I've not been here long enough to be a worthy downvoter, I would still be happy to sacrifice my 2 cents to stop the rewards pool issue if it meant that my mere 2 pennies helped save the world.  *Ok maybe not the world, but at least the rewards pool*

I know, ROI.  Stakeholders.  This is great.  It only takes 5 days to power back to 100% so I fail to see the problem.  

With the *thousands* being stolen from this public purse I would think one week or one month even of less pay to correct the issue would benefit everyone.  I'm also pretty sure that once again, power in numbers works.  

As I promote this platform the more talented and logical individuals who see this can also see the problem and are staying away.  Even exploring other steemit-like options.

I agree with you on this post and wrote about the same topic. We need more great steemians like you...keep up the good work.

I mentioned you on my latest milestone post, feel free to see it. I wish you and your family a blessed holiday season.

Lets downvote to impose the rule and upvote to encourage.

It seems like there is a lot of judgement involved.  When there is a lot of judgement involved, things get complicated very quickly.