There will always be sockpuppet accounts and ways around these things, but the tools to detect them get more advanced by the day.
This would immediately stop incentivizing ta good chunk of the self comment voting "abuse".
Interesting idea about refunding VP, but deciding which flags are "legitimate" becomes a whole other problem in itself :P
Yep, I wish I could solve that part for you guys. I would not even trust the plagiarism bots with the refunding as they don’t get it correct enough. I first thought maybe trusting the top Witness but then that just creates a whole other mess for you guys to deal.