Increase the weight of a downvote vs. upvote on HN?

Question

Social networks where there is no downvote button are known to become very toxic. People can say awful things against their opponents and get praise from people on their side. People on the other side have clapbacks as their only means of response.Although Hacker News is by far the least toxic social network I participate in, I notice recently there has been a higher degree of toxicity. Increasing the weight of a downvote relative to the upvote could improve matters. It could be done as perhaps a week-long test to see if the community likes it, if it should be adjusted, or if it should be removed all-together.

lambda_obrien · Accepted Answer

I'd prefer we just have a daily politics thread and remove all others. I'm really tried of seeing the same arguments over and over, no one agrees with each other, no one will compromise, no one wants to see their own faults, it's so depressing.

gus_massa · Answer

I think there are too many downvotes. There are toxic comments, but most of them are downvoted and already dead or gray when I see them. Do you have two or three examples of toxic comments that didn't get downvoted?

uberman · Answer

Would that not just make politically motivated stunts like the one reported here:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25731528more likely and effective?