Hey thanks for dropping by @lukestokes and considering the proposal. Perhaps a UI upgrade to take care of downvotes/flags is necessary. Maybe just make it like reddit's? It'll certainly become more effective with a separate downvote pool and a non-linear economy.
Re: emoji-based voting - has this been tried in any other platforms out there? (that involves $$$)
Are there any other (surviving) $$$ platforms out there? Seems many are gone. :) I'm not a graphics designer, so that was just an example. Maybe something like:
$1...$2...$3...$4...$5...$6...$7...$8...$9etc.