Hi Mr @tarazkp. Your discussion is increasingly opening my new insight about the mechanism that applies here. I thank you for this quality post of yours.
For me who is still young here, "downvote" is a frightening specter. I never expected that to happen to me and it certainly doesn't happen to anyone here either.
However, as an instrument for regulating deviant behavior from various waves of abuse, downvotes are important.
That would be a consequence of the deviations made here.
Is it still a scourge? Of course not, if we don't do any abuse.
Stakeholders are certainly considerate in taking advantage of their large downvote power and I am sure they will also be very careful in doing so.
The problem is that when there is value on the table, all kinds of people will try and take it and many, will do it in ways that are not positive for the rest. Human nature seems to be one that cuts corners, but there are also enough of the types of people who are assholes as well, that something has to be in place to deal with them.