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It isn't necessarily a bad idea, but you would have to set it so that you couldn't vote on another member until you have like 100 posts or some other higher number. Also you would want to set it so that no one could vote on the same member more than once. Those two rules would make it much more difficult to abuse the system.

I have found a much more useful method of dealing with people that post irritating replies to every thread. I just add them to my ignore list. After you add someone to your ignore list it is like they don't even exist. Their posts are automatically erased from every thread you read, just like they never posted anything. It really is nice.

You can remove someone from your ignore list just as easily as you added them. Plus, if you really want to see one of their posts, you can just click on a link that says show the particular post you are interested in.