Placing this on the front page only encourages both parties that are causing the problems. The author of this flash will certainly be submitting more of the garbage, and the voters will definatly be passing it. Newgrounds has time and time again recognized bad flash, and it's just become part of the portal now. People now have the mindset that horribly bad flash, are hilarious and thus deserve to be allowed into the portal. It's what people have come to believe is portal-worthy. This is a skewed view from what the general populace tends to think, however, it feels like an inside joke to regular voters, who thus will find it hilarious and allow it in. Simple as that.
How to handle this? Change the mindset of these people, who believe that spam is funny on Newgrounds. Newgrounds has let crap in before, and it's become something people accept as part of the site. Newgrounds has been attracting more and more flash artists and has been getting more and more good flash. However, the older users still accept bad flash as part of the mix. If you can convince users this isn't part of NG anymore, good job. However, ever since B, crap has been something NG regulars enjoy time and again. It's like an inside joke that's just gotten out of hand.
Trying to resolve the issue by dealing punishment to the authors seems like the sensible explaination. However, many of those accounts tend to be merely alternate accounts. This really doesn't do anything to halt an onslaught of crappy flash. However, users who submit constant bad flash into the portal need to be dealt with somehow. Sending in one bad flash for shits and giggles every other month is fine, but sending in 4 or 5 a day is what has become the problem.
Punishing users for their voting choices is a rather risky road to take. It may seem sensible, "If they are punished for supporting crap, they'll change their ways." However, some users truely love the horrible flash that is allowed in. They feel it's now part of the NG society. Punishing them for something they see as part of how NG works only sends mixed messages. The ClockCrew became a hit, despite it came out of crap. I've seen good flash made by Piconjo, the Star Syndicate, Lock Legion, Glock Group, etc... Every now and then the groups will produce something of good quality. Also every now and then, some of the bad quality works stemming from these groups will end up being truely hilarious.
However, time and time again, the groups become old and outdated. People do finally start getting sick of them, and more and more of their flashes start getting blammed. Then they stop submitting or lower the amount they send into the portal. Then a new group always seems to come forth. It's a cycle that happens again and again in the portal. It's just become part of the NG tradition. There always seems to be someone sending in the crap for the users to enjoy passing. Trying to regulate it can only cause new problems of some sort, and it will only interrupt the cycle. It will start again, it's just become part of the site. And like it or not, we're going to have to deal with it.
Trying to stop it isn't bad though. If we do manage to stumble upon a way to cease the activity permanently, then by all means go for it. However, until then, I'll be enjoying watching GOST from the front page. ;)
