Who won?
I took advantage of the distance feeding last night at a gym I could see from my house. Someone was trying to knock out my Blissey, so after it was defeated twice, I would give it a golden berry. They actually kept going...I used 10 golden berries and they finally succeeded in taking down my gym. I do admire their dedication to battling my Blissey that many times. They stuck a shiny Magikarp in the gym afterwards, I assume to troll me, but the way I see it, they spent over 20 minutes and a bunch of options to do that. I guess I feel like I won that because of all the time and resources they used. On top of that, they had a Pokemon in the gym next to it, so they will be get KOd around the same, an either one will give them the max collection.
I guess a note...I had already collected, but I collect everyday. I stick Pokemon in a couple gyms on my way to work.
Answers
Problem is time...If it's a spoofer, fine...but standing on a street corner if you don't need to be there seems like a waste of time to attack a gym to me.
Also, I'd guess, but people defending with goldens tend to have 100+ or even more...If it was a Rare Candy, then yeah, that seems like a MUCH more rare resource to defend a gym with.
I did that often too if I happened to see someone taking on my gym just to spite them even though my defender has been there for over 9 hours.. I know it is not a good thing to do but well, someone has to defend the gym for how long they like, right? Lol.. Guess my comment will have several downvotes coming... :D