[jderick]

You could also punish people who vote for unpopular content. Similar to how captchas work, if you vote in the minority, you could be assumed to be a 'bot'. This would also require some kind of ML to account for your interests, so you would be compared against others with similar interests.

[recursive]

Assuming this is not sarcasm, this is probably the worst idea I've heard all month. If I were the king, I'd give less weight to people that vote in utterly conventional ways.

[watwut]

There is enough conformity without adding additional punishments for liking something majority dont like.

[jbay808]

It seems like this suggestion is unpopular, so I'd better not upvote it.

[BeFlatXIII]

If you're serious about finding real cultural value, you should do the exact opposite of what you just proposed.