I try my fucking best to not abuse the system. Then again, I didn't make the system. I was perfectly happy lurking... yet... here we are.
Rules predict behaviour. Not devs / board mods. Rules. Of the easiest ways to get LC. Post = 5 LC. Get Likes = 5 LC (tough since like for like is moderated against). Make a thread = 7 LC. The rest are high end behaviours (make games, threads about your game, etc...). Ergo... as many have said = 7 LC > 5 LC = Make a new thread.
Me? I made ONE Thread to get the 7... then I try to contribute with comments while putting in as much as my personality as possible. So, I get it. It frustrating to see this... but I didn't make the rules. Again, devs, board mods, etc... , closed access unless we do X. The people that weren't doing X before... we didn't like it. So, we will treat X for LC... the same way we scrub a toilet bowl. As efficiently as possible. When a board mod tells me "Don't do Y."... I stop doing Y... but I continue scrubbing.
So, back to the OP... no clue about cows except... I don't like Mad Cow but I do like burgers. Does that count as a reply?