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Sigh. Yes -- good point. BUT . . . .

  1. The limit of the effectiveness of this technique (as the number of accounts approaches infinity) is exactly what we have now -- so there is ZERO downside to doing this.
  2. There are several ways to reduce the incentive/ease of splitting
    a. Also include reputation in the calculation - I actually had this in there before but removed it for simplicity. I shouldn't have removed it because, again, it rewards very active posters.
    b. Require some sort of account validation to get curation rewards.