I do agree with your statements here. I'm not of the mind bidding system is such a bad implementation for votes, if there were more stringent policies in place to protect the minnow users. Limiting accounts, and certain types of bots would cut down on the abuse. It is really hard to argue with your logic, but it's very possible, that successful users now, will have more of a voice later, if their allowed that is. Take care man. Great post.