It does take time for things to settle in, I am still going to fence sit on the down votes. When they come up with a method for me to down vote the stooges, those who have no post, no comments and only hand out annoying down votes I may start to use down votes. I'm talking about accounts like @deito, the only thing they do is down vote. When a requirement is in place for a comment to be made with a down vote, then I will re think about down voting. I will still down vote items I know are** plagiarized**. People put a lot of work into their art or photography or stories, and plagiarism is one thing I have no issues at all down voting, no matter how high a reputation a person has.