Your post as an observation of what went on is going on, and all the reply's does show that some people understand it. I have very few down votes to my name, maybe two or three I handed out in two years for plagiarism. I do not see my habits changing very much when it comes to down votes, I look for and read things I like, I'm not an investor, I am a user, I see no purpose in looking for things I don't like, and down voting them, just in the hopes that stuff I do like will get better rewards.