How easy is it to change the ratio of required upvotes to allowed downvotes? As an example, I very rarely downvote, so I probably have quite a lot of spare downvotes. If you were to change the ratio to require receiving 10 upvotes per 1 downvote, I don't even think I'd notice, and I imagine that a lot of people with this type of voting pattern would be in a similar position.

On the other hand, someone who mass downvotes presumably is going to burn through their downvotes faster than even someone who downvotes fairly, but finds themselves generally more inclined to downvote overall than I would (A report from a Trike person could probably confirm or deny this.) Mass downvoters would be far more likely to bump up against a stricter ratio.

So perhaps changing the ratio would be a helpful technical solution, in addition to other policy decisions?