That may encourage bots to spam posts on repeat, however, I agree with the fact that there needs to be some way to prevent 19 posts from very effectively burying 4168.

There is a lot of great content that goes unnoticed because everyone is mobbing the top 10 posts. Such is the nature of popularity - and all who seek great works of art. Often, the greatest masterpieces are not discovered, truly, until their creator has moved on.