Even YouTube removed visible downvotes to prevent effective mob downvoting. This is just opening the flood-gates to users with no clue how the system works deciding on a whim, or mere capricious action, how a question is received; whilst having zero knowledge of how the SE structure is designed to work.

Unlike Facebook, the grumpy face icon posts don't just fall off the bottom of the interest list after a day or two, to never be seen again. This affects long-term visibility & usefulness as a future resource.

I'm really not sure about this idea, to put it politely.

I already think 125 rep is too low.
I would support that a consolidated network rep of maybe >50k could allow low rep users who have small sites to have additional privileges granted as a 'bigger' association bonus. https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/384293/276027 but I have no desire to see 'open season' declared.

Personally, on sites I have lower rep & less frequent engagement, or topics about which I have less knowledge, I am far more circumspect about my own voting; only voting when Q or A is clear to me with my limited grasp of a topic. I don't vote on things I don't understand.
Nor do I reflexively VTC as unclear - "Just because you don't understand something does not automatically make it unclear."

I have serious doubts new users would be so considerate.

This is just opening the flood-gates to users with no clue how the system works deciding on a whim, or mere capricious action, how a question is received; whilst having zero knowledge of how the SE structure is designed to work.

Unlike Facebook, the grumpy face icon posts don't just fall off the bottom of the interest list after a day or two, to never be seen again. This affects long-term visibility & usefulness as a future resource.

I'm really not sure about this idea, to put it politely.

I already think 125 rep is too low.
I would support that a consolidated network rep of maybe >50k could allow low rep users who have small sites to have additional privileges granted as a 'bigger' association bonus. https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/384293/276027 but I have no desire to see 'open season' declared.

Personally, on sites I have lower rep & less frequent engagement, or topics about which I have less knowledge, I am far more circumspect about my own voting; only voting when Q or A is clear to me with my limited grasp of a topic. I don't vote on things I don't understand.
Nor do I reflexively VTC as unclear - "Just because you don't understand something does not automatically make it unclear."

I have serious doubts new users would be so considerate.

Even YouTube removed visible downvotes to prevent effective mob downvoting. This is just opening the flood-gates to users with no clue how the system works deciding on a whim, or mere capricious action, how a question is received; whilst having zero knowledge of how the SE structure is designed to work.

Unlike Facebook, the grumpy face icon posts don't just fall off the bottom of the interest list after a day or two, to never be seen again. This affects long-term visibility & usefulness as a future resource.

I'm really not sure about this idea, to put it politely.

I already think 125 rep is too low.
I would support that a consolidated network rep of maybe >50k could allow low rep users who have small sites to have additional privileges granted as a 'bigger' association bonus. https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/384293/276027 but I have no desire to see 'open season' declared.

Even YouTube removed visible downvotes to prevent effective mob downvoting. This is just opening the flood-gates to users with no clue how the system works deciding on a whim, or mere capricious action, how a question is received; whilst having zero knowledge of how the SE structure is designed to work.

Unlike Facebook, the grumpy face icon posts don't just fall off the bottom of the interest list after a day or two, to never be seen again. This affects long-term visibility & usefulness as a future resource.

I'm really not sure about this idea, to put it politely.

I already think 125 rep is too low.
I would support that a consolidated network rep of maybe >50k could allow low rep users who have small sites to have additional privileges granted as a 'bigger' association bonus. https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/384293/276027 but I have no desire to see 'open season' declared.

Personally, on sites I have lower rep & less frequent engagement, or topics about which I have less knowledge, I am far more circumspect about my own voting; only voting when Q or A is clear to me with my limited grasp of a topic. I don't vote on things I don't understand.
Nor do I reflexively VTC as unclear - "Just because you don't understand something does not automatically make it unclear."

I have serious doubts new users would be so considerate.