No, I agree with you that it was too much and I myself was absolutely convinced that it would have been downvoted, even if someone wanted to reward it.
I am also convinced that the downvote must be related to the author and not just the content, to reward him for the constant work done over the years, and not just for the review.
For this, I would also like to see a reward and not just downvotes. But as mentioned, mine is a comma in a very large context