since people are abusing the points system here, i am wondering about the wisdom of granting points for voting in a contest.

won't people who don't really care just open up an entry and place a vote simply for the points rather than considering the entry itself, the artist's time & effort who created it, etc.?

and does that not potentially skew the results?

and i know the number of images allowed to be posted in the galleries per day is a topic beaten and beaten, and then beaten again, around here.  but could we not drop the number from 8 to at least back down to 5?  or better still, only 3 a day, but you could up the ante of points for each image to say 30 points.  that would offset those who abuse the system from whinging about it as they would be earning more points at that, well, point...