I do believe a trending page with better algorithms would work much better to get the good content up there, than downvotes coming from individuals. Individuals are subjective. What each one likes varies and it only needs one person with a big account to override the views of a lot of smaller accounts. Whereas, if the algorithms go more on activity, it doesn't matter what the post is earning, it matters what is being promoted by most of the community.

The upvote already allows for a certain amount of say in whether or not you agree with what someone has posted and its value. If you don't like it, you don't award it anything, if you really like it, you can give a 100% upvote, or if you like it, but feel it's already rewarded enough, just give a token 1%.

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