YES!!!

Total win, in my view. Others have mentioned Slashdot. Back in the day, Rob Malda had an open discussion about all of this. The decision to amplify good, or quality, funny up from the noise worked very well.

Downvotes = meta

Truth is, one can scroll right on by, block, ignore, or better?

Write something better, post something better, upvote something better. When promoting better is the only option, there will be more better and less meta.