[unraveller]

I was not expecting an actual fix yet this is an admirable attempt.

I contend that it would be too tempting for the service not to reward some users who get it right more often with more points to spend as probably happens in all social networks (bellweather users). That would speed up the gold being found and up engagement.

The operators also don't want to make their "talent" work hardest of all the platforms for least amount of gain. Low quality hype is their bread and butter, a status symbol even.

The proposed style of system only really becomes necessary when you have an over abundance of content and here it is claimed to produce the exact level of abundance needed such that some lurker can peruse it all in the time it takes to spend all their points. It will result in a low content social network with very low possible engagement time (read: habit forming time). Maybe it could work for an already saturated social network looking to decrease churn but never as solution to the chicken and the egg problem where variable reward over time is the hook engine.