Whether or not this is actually an inside joke or not, you should know that photos of people YTMND have never heard of just begs to be downvoted. At least you animated it a little, though.
What we really need is more moderators. Max wants to fix all the problems, but he's working at his limit for very little reward. The obvious solution is people who will work for Max for free, thus allowing him more manhours to fix this site. And that's what mods are; people who volunteer to work on websites.
Very good site, nice Connery watermark there, and good music. However, I disagree with your proposed policy on vote weight. Mathematicians have studied the dynamic of weighted voting systems for years, and keep getting the same result: they just don't work. The problem is that it's too easy to end up with voting systems where having a higher voting weight doesn't actually give you an advantage, or where your vote actually means nothing. Look up the mathematicians Banzhaf, Shapley, and Shubik.