To be honest Korpg, I'm surprised you are as concerned about the down ratings as you seem to be here. You always struck me as the type that didn't give a ***about such things...
Not that there's anything wrong with that, I was irritated for about 3 seconds when my pics and comments got rated down, but then I realized that it's just 'cause there's so many children out there that are like "HURR LOOK AT ME IM GONNA RATE DOWN 4 NO REASON LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!1!!1!1!!" and I quickly decided I could give two shits what anyone else's opinion on the "quality of my posts" is. If anything, when the Mods see those same people down-rating posts for no other reason then the fact that they're HELP I AM TRAPPED IN 2006 PLEASE SEND A TIME MACHINE, they'll take corrective measures. I mean, you may be argumentative, you've admitted as much yourself...but I wouldn't call you a troll, and I'm sure most wouldn't either, with the obvious exemptions of your arch-nemeses (not taking a side for the love of god, just stating the fact that they exist and would prolly rate down)
And even if the mods
aren't watching that close, at the very least it'll illustrate that, as with the anonymous posting, there's only a select few of us that can be trusted with using the rating system correctly, and they'll modify it or get rid of it altogether. So in essence, you getting a -25 on a post for no reason is a community service for the greater good.
Or not...whatever ^^