JamesR - 11:14 pm on Apr 22, 2002 (gmt 0)

It looks as if some in the SE community are trying to filter out false link inflation:

[webmasterworld.com...]

however, that seems to me a very difficult process.

You will at least get traffic from them and a sort of branding effect across the web. I know when I see a site linked to a lot in a certain community, I start to see it as somewhat of an authority.