Being new here and not much knowledge about its nuances, my first thought was hey this is cool that you get an upvote each time you post, which in theory is correct in my opinion, you liked it so you shared it with others..it helped me earn up a small amount of forward progress which was gratifying and offered more incentive to post more. ;) Like everything else it changes and now you have to start thinking about stuff..argh..thinking is such a pain. Probably the wrong way to think about how things work here but I will ride on my baby-like newb status in my own defense haha.
I guess it is what it is. I believe progress is progress but not everything that appears to be working needs to be changed. As with anything, no matter what you do someone will try to beat the system only for their own spoils. I just don't happen to be one of those people and will probably never change.