User blog comment:MasterGarfield/The Usercane Problem./@comment-15419758-20170924055258

One solution I propose is to no longer have usercane intensity be based on rank, but instead on time and edits.

So I'm thinking a usercane's intensity should be based on time active mainly, with usercanes gradually gaining strength and those active for a longer amount of time being stronger. Similarly, those who've gone inactive lose strength over time, with those inactive for a while weak or remnants.

Also since users who edit more should intensify more rapidly, perhaps have weekly advisories where users' edits are counted for the past week. Maybe a usercane's pressure could drop 1 mb for every 15 edits made in a week. As for inactivity, perhaps the pressure should rise 1 mb for each day without any edits in that week, and a whole week without edits would be rapid weakening with a rise of 20 mb. Also to prevent edit-farming, there should be a cap on how much the pressure can drop in a week, so even if a user does 300 edits in a week, their pressure only drops by 10 mb that week.

As for wind speed, that could be based mainly on the pressure, but leaves some room for judgement (penalties for spamming and such). This might be subjective and open to bias though.