That is where the time-based factor comes in, you know,
- Putting a ceiling above/below which your reputation cannot rise/drop irrespective of how many upvotes/downvotes you get in a given period of time.
- Making sure one's reputation declines if his/her presence is not consistently appreciated.
- Varying/diminishing the extent by wich accounts raise/decrease your reputation depending on the frequency of their upvoting/downvoting....
These are just thoughts from which some concrete and specific measures can be constructed, i am hoping.
Another i did not talk up much, is making sure bot votes have no effect on the reputation.
Meanwhile i had a private conversation with some other member, who offered an alternative but interesting way modifying the REP algorithm. And we are working on something we hope to promote.....any suggestions will help