Hi Matt
Maybe each person who has had an active account on SCN (say 1month+) could have a quota of points they can award at discretion for someone's comments/answers in threads? It might be a way to balance out a bit. Though, it's a case of a patching a symptom instead of fixing the cause.
Points aren't that important to me. I only sit on SCN to keep my technical skillset up. But I can see those who like their rankings and progressions. It will be interesting when the topic leaders are announced at the end of the year at the "likes" will reduce for a few people on the rankings. Although, this may not be a bad things as it encourages leaders to start publishing documents, etc.
Cheers
Colleen