I don’t see a problem with this.

Basically, what you’re saying is that if someone hypothetically were to get 500 upvotes and 480 downvotes, and someone else just gets 20 upvotes, that the person with 500 upvotes should win?

That’s absurd. It’s more accurate to go by percentage; if someone can get 20 or even 8 straight upvotes without a single upvote, it’s probably a lot better of a submission than one that gets nearly as many downvotes as upvotes, regardless of the total number.

I don’t agree with your argument and I think of the multiple problems with buildr, this is not one of them.