I think our reputation system has been broken since the beginning. @themarkymark made an excellent point to me the other day, he said. The proof that it makes no sense was the byteball aidrop. There was an account who created hundreds of puppets to get free airdrops, upvoted the puppets with 5 bucks or so and got a ton of free money.

Regarding the downvotes, of course, I agree, they don't work as they should and a separate downvoting VP has been suggested as well. I happen to think its a good idea, but I may not be in the majority.