Ponder this idea:
Just as how we are able to set a percentage when upvoting, perhaps there should be an automatic percentage on downvoting, with the "code" preventing the downvote from ever taking more than 20% of the final payout.
Then it would take at least 5 powerful downvotes to take you to zero, instead of just one.
Yes, of course multiple accounts get in the way again!
Tsk. Well, we'll have to keep thinking until we come up with something that has no weaknesses, and only benefits.
RE: You cannot take away from the author that which does not belong to the author.