The cause of the problem is that WP.org doesn't require unique email addresses. If you really wanted to be unethical, it takes about 2 seconds to register a name, change it slightly and register another one. You basically end with a list of users and passwords that you just need to copy and paste.
The highest rated plugin has 217 ratings. If you were to take 2 seconds per registration and 5-10 per rating. It would take about 20-40 minutes for someone to _manually_ vote that many times. If someone made a bot, it would take seconds. This is the cause of the problem and the hole that should be closed. The fact that there were only 15 one-star ratings should make the plugin author feel glad that the rater didn't feel like spending more than a minute or two doing it. Aaron. _______________________________________________ wp-testers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-testers
