> I don't see a reason to ban someone over this behavior as long as you can make sure that the fraudulent votes don't actually add any value to the content, whi

> I don't see a reason to ban someone over this behavior as long as you can make sure that the fraudulent votes don't actually add any value to the content, which they shouldn't. Visibility of the content is essentially predicated on early votes. The problem is that an initial sort is built on limited data (quality content or just easy to upvote produces same results and latter is more common), and the subsequent feedback loop is built on initial visibility decisions.