I suppose it's a fair point that TPE whores used to lead by example and if you wanted to be good you needed to do the work. But while I'd like to think that there were enough dedicated members to keep this going, I just don't know if that's a feasible system as the old guard leaves and recruitment isn't great. And I think recruitment even now is better than it once was because the old bare bones PT system just wasn't appealing enough.
I did like some of the alternatives suggested like limiting the 1 TPE upgrade to VHL.com articles and keeping welfare at a max of 4 TPE. Maybe if you claim welfare, the following week you become eligible for 7 TPE for your PT instead of 6 as an opportunity to bounce back.