Thank you for sharing your vision valued-customer.

They don't need to be shamed. They need the system better explained to them. Who is so greedy that they'd rather have $.02 than a new friend? Not many, I submit. In a platform that their votes were equally valuable on, they'd be less likely to desperately self vote in the vain attempt to grow.

I very much agree with your perspective here. When people act in selfish or inconsiderate ways, it's not so much because they truly are "evil" but more because there is a lack of insight and understanding how contributing and being a healthy part of a community simultaneously benefits you as an individual in not just a financial but also spiritual way.

Education is prevention. Punishment is just a reaction to the consequences of lack of education and would just make matters worse.