Well, I cannot give you as good a response as abitcoinskeptic did. What I can say, however, is that requiring someone to "put skin in the game," so to speak, is a great way to de-incentivise poor public behaviour. Upvotes and Downvotes are really the same thing, anyway, just on opposite sides of the 0; they require the same resources to perform.
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Yes... and at the moment, you do see the lack of skin in the game from both sides of the coin. There is careless upvoting and careless downvoting... both enabled by the lack of risk and cost. Consequence free actions are a moral hazard in all sectors of society...