Remember those kids that got all excited at the idea of the Hall Monitor at school. They grew up, now they admin, monitor and do other things to gain a simple feeling of power.
I was flagged for a comment where I disagreed with someone. He wanted my comment to drop and it did.
As a minnow, my downflag doesn't mean much. However, I have a limited about of times I can click flag our upvote. Maybe the two things should consume equal power.