unless all your friends have significant "reputation" they wouldn't be able to impact the system. we wouldn't be giving complete noob accounts the same voting

unless all your friends have significant "reputation" they wouldn't be able to impact the system. we wouldn't be giving complete noob accounts the same voting power as vetted community participants. voting ranking wouldn't be anonymous either. if you voted for something you'd have to be able to back up your decision against the scrutiny of the masses. every system has flaws, these ones are at least minor and possibly even self correcting