[Snowflakian]

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Originally Posted by CLASSIFIED

It has become part of the culture there I think, but not necessary a bad thing, just different.

Maybe the mods could contact the OP and ask them if they mind, and if they do, they could just delete the spam posts and issue warnings.

To each his own.

Another problem is because of double and triple posts some people do without using the edit feature. This ends up bolstering their points but they should have those points reduced.

It varies, but an autonomous system with some minor regulation to make sure the person that won had won based on following the rules of the site is a must(which is what they do).

The problem with other users attributing values is because if a user says something you don't like, or is against what a fan wants to believe will sway the amount of points they give. Like when movie discussions come up, or facts about different comic series, how toylines work with retail chains etc. (Anything an average or new user may not know much about yet from lack of exposure as some of us have from the years of collecting.)
So the automatic system avoids that kind of emotional response or blind fan bias.

The attributed points way problem is it would very much become a popularity contest on who thinks the same opinions over who presents worthwhile content and just sharing your own opinion. The other sites that do it that way have that issue too of conformity over independant new varied thoughts.