The freedom means bad actors can operate here too

I hear you buddy but it is sometimes very difficult to tell who the bad actors are?

We do know of those that blatantly shitpost 10 times a day and upvote themselves and couldn't give two hoots about the community.

Then there are those 'others' that hide behind a raft of 'community' groups and 'ethical bots' and suchlike who pay to join these groups and then get a stream of upvotes from these so called 'community groups'.

Vote buying is vote buying no matter how you cut it or try to hide it? Some people choose not to be so sneaky? Or just don't give a rats arse about it.

I was thinking about a meet up in Cambridge on the second weekend of September. What do you think?

I'll do a post on it if you are interested. @steevc @basilmarples would like to join us too @adetorrent