I appreciate the encouragement and feedback. I do wonder whether you are being overly modest since, notwithstanding a few bot fans of yours, you seem to have some great posts and I'm pleased to see them at the top.
However, I also take the concerns about bots seriously. It may have been easy to miss and slightly contrary to the opening statement, but we do currently count votes only from those with a reputation greater than 25. The exact level may be subject to change and if necessary (or interesting enough), I'm also open to taking on the technical challenge of developing more sophisticated measures for disregarding suspected bots while remaining true to our egalitarian spirit.
Thank you :)
A simple change of 30 instead of 25 might make a big difference. The only negative part I can think of is "lurkers" - people who only view and upvote, but never comment/post.
Cool, I like that suggestion. Looking at some stats on reputation distribution, it looks like that could make a meaningful difference without being too exclusionary. I've gone ahead and made 30 the minimum reputation score required.