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[codezero]

Not really. Devaluing a single vote insitu once in a while shouldn't be that negative on the system as a whole, especially if there is suspected fraud.

The problem with banning fraudulent users is that they are tenacious, thats's a big factor in their committing fraud in the first place, they are usually on a "mission," see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Single-purpose_accou... (not really the same as a fraudster, but this is a common archetype)

They will just make another account or increase their efforts, better to keep them in their container within the system.

[opendais → codezero]

You seem to believe they won't to notice the effect on their "container within the system". They will eventually, just like a shadowban.

At which point, they create a new account.

> while shouldn't be that negative on the system as a whole, especially if there is suspected fraud.

Assuming it isn't computationally expensive to do this on a per-vote basis. If you have to do any sophisticated analysis, that may not be true.