Do you see a viable reason why someone should get a gratification for casting hundreds of votes week after week on old nodes?

I'm not sure why you would ask me that question. Was there anything in my post to suggest I believe someone should get such gratification?

A rule only makes sense if it can be enforced.

That's a separate problem. It's also the real problem, and the one worth focusing on.

I can think of many ways to disguise such votes as legitimate. ... I think it's much easier to limit the exploit instead of implementing a surveillance apparatus to hunt down the culprits.

It is not unusual that addressing a symptom is easier than addressing an underlying problem.

I think there are a variety of patterns of behaviour that could easily be detected and flagged for a closer look. If code were implemented to detect such patterns, I do not think it would be beneficial to publicise the details; I am in two minds about whether it would be beneficial to publicise its existence.

In reply to Re^6: Notification of XP increase has gone wild (maybe) by hv
in thread Notification of XP increase has gone wild (maybe) by davido

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