It's nice, how the blam/protect system increases the amount of views new flashes get. It's a shame, though, to have a system that rewards people for going with the crowd.
If you have a unique reason for appreciating a flash, the blam/protect system says, ignore it.
Deleting all the entries, fine, you have plenty of fair reasons. It's the "Ooo, free blam point!" people who make me think that Newgrounds has an unhealthy voting system.
On the other hand, if it can motivate a group as big as the CC to get together, hundreds of people learning to animate, sharing their progress and collaborating with each other to create cooperative animations, plan special events and hold contests for the members, then of course Newgrounds is doing well.
I think the Clock Crew is the best testament to Newgrounds around. A real community forged out of the chaos here. Fair play to Clocks.