Except for the case of contests (when they should never be used), they are not cheating anyone out of anything as long as they are used just to boost the post count.
Instead,
There is a consensus on this board by ignorant old-timers and newbies alike that your opinion counts if your post count is high, BULLSHIT!
If we all know that there are post-bots capable of artificially boosting post counts, then maybe people here will value opinions based on merit and not a number (which usually shows that you have no life anyway)
Just my
