Awesome. I think it really helped the majority of people respect downvoating more, as more than a disagree button. I read your post, and you're right that it can be abused, but that doesn't mean we should throw the baby out with the bathwater. Perhaps moderators could just delete posts that beg for contribution points? Make it a site-wide rule?

edit for afterthought: Another similar solution would be to take it a step further, ban accounts that have been caught using the "beg for voats" tactic. That way, moderators shouldn't have to constantly do it, because people will know that it could get them banned, not just deleted, which puts them back to 0. You could also have it so people can report for that, once again, taking some burden off the mods. So I guess you'd just make a sticky post, throw it in the sidebar, however is best to let people know of the new rule. I think that might be the best solution, but I trust your judgement /u/Atko, just figured you'd appreciate suggestions.