It’s less strong than we thought. According to the comments in a more recent discussion, I had things the wrong way round: the downvoter wouldn’t need 4 karma points per downvote, but could actually apply 4 downvotes per karma point. So the bar for downvoting ialdabaoth 200 times would be only 50 karma, not 800. In light of that, I think taking away someone’s downvote button would be a lot less effective than I thought.
That’s a strong argument. I’m convinced.
It’s less strong than we thought. According to the comments in a more recent discussion, I had things the wrong way round: the downvoter wouldn’t need 4 karma points per downvote, but could actually apply 4 downvotes per karma point. So the bar for downvoting ialdabaoth 200 times would be only 50 karma, not 800. In light of that, I think taking away someone’s downvote button would be a lot less effective than I thought.