On the contrary, I think that posts that aren't clear enough be obvious that they are not a case of RTFM deserve the very occasional -- they will get.

But though I do think that it's a good thing that current score can have no influence on voting, what if you're unsure of the merits of a node and you're curious? I'd suggest an option to abstain whereby you could forfeit your right to vote on a node in order to find out its reputation.