User blog comment:EmpyrealInvective/Regarding PotM (again)/@comment-27012445-20151121220737

Could eligibilty restrictions be used? To be eligible to nominate a story a user account must be active for a certain amount of days. To be eligible to vote, they must have obtained a certain level of badge points. Maybe it could a combination of both criteria? It not a 100% solution, but it may curbs those who don't want create a fake account and wait to use it or invest time in it to earn points.