solution: Don't respond to ANY ratings abuse reports. Period. From either side or the political spectrum.All I want to end is ratings abuse and ratings reporting. That is what is overwhelming the moderating staff right now.
Leave all ratings available, even the negative ones, and tell members to put on their big boy pants (or big girl panties), and suck it up if someone negatively rates a post.
If someone is so seriously upset that they get a negative rating on a post on a political message board, they need to seriously rethink their life.