True, that would discourage posts like these...

Although, if you have one good post (with lots of positive votes), it will "make up" for a bunch of these zero vote posts...

My thought is this: when Thaddeus Thoughtful (who posts once a month, but always gets a gazillion votes) posts, I want to notice it immediately. There are some names we recognize, simply because we see then often. I'd like a way to emphasize the infrequent, but high-quality poster.

Russ