@stellabelle I agree. The real power of a social network is about the tons and tons of totally regular people that come in. If we treat these users are "less than" just by virtue of being new, I think it will be a huge turnoff.
And the simple fact of the matter is: numbers matter. 1000people, even minnows, liking something is really better for the network than one powerful person liking it.
It's a huge flaw.