I’ve debated that myself too. But if somebody’s entering a contest with 5 entries and honest people are entering with 1 then irrespective of the hard work they’re putting in, they’re cheating. It’s unfair and will become a deterrent to honest users. So they’ll either leave or start cheating themselves.

If they manage to share interesting and original content across multiple accounts, then they must have a reason for it - like my multi-account chaos 😂 But it’s generally to enter contests. If not straight away, then definitely after they’ve been validated.

I just wrote a reply to inspiration’s steem rep. update that might be of interest. I’d link to it but I’m on my phone so it’s too much effort 😉