I can see your point of view as well.

I just know we can't control how people use their stake beyond trying to counter what we see as bad votes.

I hope that people will become less triggered by downvotes, if they don't accept them as part of the decentalized blockchain, I fear we will have to stop paying content creators at all.

There is just too much abuse and very little hope for consensus on a "fair" plan. The easest way to attempt fairness is to align it with stake.