User blog comment:WhiteSeraph/Article Tier Idea/@comment-9734625-20130428061141/@comment-1536954-20130428063716

Total. Listen. These "flaws" in the system. Who will govern them? Admins of course.

That gives them subjective authority, completely outside of the authority of "tiers" which can boost egos no matter how greatly you try to stamp it out.

Take DeviantART as an example of subjective reward systems.

It has a "favourite" feature, it has a "daily deviation" thing which is handed out exclusively by the Admins. Soon it creates a class of users who only seek praise. No longer is the art a true reflection of the users' integrity and love of art, but their attempts to win over the masses with very shallow and easily-understandable work which constantly coughs up old concepts which are traditionally panned aside as "good". Hence, this is why the site is so riddled with lame fan art and pornography. It's simply because users want attention.