Make the downvote reason only visible to the writer, and do not allow the writer to reply to the downvote reason - the system already heavily favors upvotes over downvotes, so that writers can just shrug off the downvotes.
The main thrust of my suggestion is to make downvoting even harder.
Make the downvote reason only visible to the writer, and do not allow the writer to reply to the downvote reason - the system already heavily favors upvotes over downvotes, so that writers can just shrug off the downvotes.
The main thrust of my suggestion is to make downvoting even harder.