<p>Votes on this site are highly noisy and so over-analyzing one-offs like this is a waste of energy in my opinion (especially because the criteria for what deserves an up/downvote are completely individual specific). I don't hear you complaining about upvotes on ancient posts that may or may not still be relevant. </p>

<p>Just from my own posts, I can see that sometimes <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/218198/are-there-ways-in-which-perfect-correlation-i-e-textcovx-y-1-can-st/218455#218455">off-the-cuff</a> or <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/222120/why-is-the-empirical-cumulative-distribution-of-11000-a-straight-line/222123#222123">incomplete</a> answers I've posted have gotten upvotes, while <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/258704/covariance-equal-to-zero-implies-independence/258731#258731">correct answers</a> have been downvoted in retaliation to me criticizing someone else's answer (and, yes, the poster was online at the time, the downvote occurred miliseconds after my critical comment, and I did see the person's rep decrease by 1 at that moment, so...not exactly rocket science). Or <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/258788/normally-distributed-estimated-parameters-in-logistic-regression/258790#258790">this one</a> -- it's the right answer. So, what's the reason for downvoting it? Who knows. Or cares. Yes, having the "-1" stuck to the answer probably damages its credibility to a future reader, but a discerning user can read it themselves and make their own judgment.  </p>

<p>I think I've said this to you before, but you'll drive yourself nuts overanalyzing downvotes and worrying about reputation points. Rep points on this site are a currency that's not worth anything. After you have the ability to express yourself on the site (i.e. post answers, comments, and vote), which happens after 125 points I think, I don't see what the big draw is. In any case you certainly have enough rep to do whatever you want (isn't the last privilege granted at 25k?). So, my answer to "what do others think could a reasonable solution" -- this is a not an important issue, so do nothing.  </p>
