Do I think the post is worth over $2500, no I do not think it is worth that much. Do I agree with the overall message that downvotes are an essential part of keeping fairness at play on steemit, yes I do. I think downvotes should only be applied to posts which are being spammed (either posted more than once, or tagged entirely inappropriately), or are plagiarized content.

I think your question stems from a separate issue which is upvoting based on whale chasing. I do not know if this is an issue which is solvable by downvotes, though I can see the logic behind it.