Yes, I feel that the downvote is a part of the system and "can" be used. I personally don't use it unless there is blatant phishing scams going on.

I feel that if I were legit spamming the network to mine crypto that I would not act in an upright manner when called out. I would keep my head down and mine. You, or others like you are just bumps in the road from their perspective.

I am not sure the best way to deal with it. I do know that accounts like yours or mine will get a much larger piece of the reward pool pie than spammers.

Can we fix the system beyond this? Not sure.