And so begins the Vote-kick abuse

[Highlanderx]

Thank you for your input on the vote dismiss feature. The dev. team is currently discussing countermeasures against potential misuses of the system.

Countermeasure should have been in place before the feature was released. Abused on AFK or DC/logout reason should be easy and automatic to see if was abused.

If someone is Kicked for AFK, they should get a prompt on a 10 or 15 sec Timer, asking if their AFK, They select yes, kicker punished for abuse.
If someone Kicked for DC/Logout, have the system verify status of said user at time of kick, or have system verify status to even have that reason selectable for kicking.

For the Cheating or Harassment reason. There should be a pop-up window, just like if you went into the menu and reported them, where you have to type in what they are doing. Then it should be treated just like if they were reported.