In a very rare exception to Betteridge's Law, I'd say the answer to your question is probably yes. The more interesting question is how long they'll be able to

In a very rare exception to Betteridge's Law, I'd say the answer to your question is probably yes. The more interesting question is how long they'll be able to get away with it. As others point out, the mods already try to detect and prevent abuse of the upvote/downvote mechanisms. OTOH it's not clear how well automated that process is, or how effective their efforts are. It certainly seems to me that coordinated upvoting and downvoting are still pretty much par for the course on this and any other similar site.