Shouldn't 'mark favorite' give the same reputation as an up vote? Or even more?

Question

I suggest that marking a question as favorite should give at least as much reputation to the writer than upvoting the question... After all, if the user intends to come back to the question later, it must be that this question is interesting, no?

Comments?

Answer 1

No

I use favourites as bookmarks for questions I still want to answer, and once I have done so I remove the favourite flagged. The purpose of favourites is not to gain reputation, and I can't see doing so adding any value except opening up a massive avenue of abuse.