I never understood why people think that, when doing the already bad action of voting solely for points, they have to compound the problem by voting 5 and skewing scores even more.
Blind voting is not condoned by the Barracks.
True, Clock Day will have a huge amount of protects. But there will be some utter crap submitted by asshats as well, and very likely some flag-worthy flashes as well, submitted in the hopes that everyone, in their mad race for protects, will just click the view button, close out the box, and vote 5 as soon as the vote bar comes up.
So, watch every flash. Don't have to watch the entirety of every flash, but watch enough that you get a feel of the entire flash...that means beyond the preloaders, too...we all know how many flashes have phenominal preloaders and no substance beyond it.
And for the love of Fulp, if you're going to be protecting things on Clock Day solely for the protect points, vote 2 or 3 instead of 5...minimize the lunacy as much as you can...
But if you see something you feel is blam-worthy, go ahead and vote for the blam. Not EVERYTHING is going to pass on Clock Day...and if some whistle-worthy flash gets through the madness because of everyone, including us, being lust-driven for protect points, we'll have failed in our duty to protect the portal.