Isn't -5 a little much now that the general public can't vote? I mean, scores in general are much lower.
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I agree that the weighted mod votes aren't nearly as important anymore. Maybe a -2, but certainly not -5, which is generally enough to offset the full score and then some of the vast majority of images, what with the new rules in place.
So I "vote" for the mod downvote (including mine of course) to be changed to -2 or -1.
Since it's already now set at -1, this status quo works for me. I was actually going to make a thread asking for this soon anyway.
FWIW, this change isn't a bug. See http://trac.donmai.us/changeset/2112.
Do you mean the massive, triple-digit downvoting that occurred before the overhaul of the voting system? That was, in all likeliness, the result of a lot of member-level accounts (most likely sockpuppets) voting en masse to game the system. It's why we now restrict voting to Priveleged and up.