To settle the question that the OP was asking would it be possible to look at the change in up to down voting ratio over time for the whole monastery? I am thinking of results that might look a bit like this:

Changes in voting habits:

Year         Up : Down
00-01       80% : 20%
01-02       83% : 17%
etc...
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I don't know how you would get this info or if it is something that you would want to disclose but it might be interesting. Then again: lies, damned lies and statistics...

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