People who succeed in a system based on voting will often if not usually have some in-built source of voting support. It is absurd to suggest otherwise.
to me this answer you gave to @kevinwong (about what kind of content will attract a userbase and is therefore desirable) seems to suggest otherwise.
Is it something that new users coming to the platform can reasonably emulate, and have an expectation of success, or offers some other mode of participation that is open to them?
Also, wasn't that a good part of your problem with krnel trivium posts -- guaranteed votes from his whale friends put him at the top of the payout list every day?
RE: Who is Ozchartart, really? The real story behing the ozchartart controversy. (Sock Opera part 1)