Stats make you more credible. There is just too much room for abuse, and witch-hunting.
By "being more polite" I mean if you focus on the positive (I saved the reward pool [this much] money, making your upvote more valuable and have decreased the noise floor on bad quality content!) just makes you more personable, more people will want you around and be proud to have you on the platform; you can shift from being a neutralizing force to being a positive force and overall will have a larger impact.
As it is now it might as well be political theater.