Your point can partially be translated to “make α reasonably close to 1”—this makes the decisions less about what the moderators want, and allows longer chains of passing the “trust buck”.
However, to some degree “a clique moved in that wrote posts that the moderators (and the people they like) dislike” is pretty much the definition of a spammer. If you say “are otherwise extremely good”, what is the standard by which you wish to judge this?
Your point can partially be translated to “make α reasonably close to 1”—this makes the decisions less about what the moderators want, and allows longer chains of passing the “trust buck”.
However, to some degree “a clique moved in that wrote posts that the moderators (and the people they like) dislike” is pretty much the definition of a spammer. If you say “are otherwise extremely good”, what is the standard by which you wish to judge this?