Why do you get more lurve for a great answer than for a great question?

Why do you get more lurve for a great answer than for a great question?
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Snarp don’t ask many questions, my answer would be answers!
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Last Answer : I agree with you and have raised this issue a couple of times in the past couple of years since lurve was implemented.

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Last Answer : answer:I still get lurve. I just GQ’d you. Did anything change? I might have maxed out on you already.

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Last Answer : answer:No. Contrary to popular belief, it's not cuz I'm some kind of ass ogre and don't wanna impregnate people with larvae, but I don't really figure that anybody who's AWOL is going to come ... . But don't let me blow the balloon giving larvae is awesome, whether the people are present or not.

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Last Answer : answer:I always give lurve based on the answer. I have given lurve many times to people I have clashed with in other threads. I often am especially assiduous about giving lurve to new users to encourage them. If ... , but that's just an oversight, and now that I am aware of it, I try to remember.

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Last Answer : It's an imperfect system. Sometimes I think the lurve is over-generous, and sometimes I feel I've given great comments which were overlooked. I think lurve tends to over-value short & clever phrasing. And ... that just accumulates over time, and has a cap per lurver. But I still lurve and crave it.

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Last Answer : Lurve! Lurve is all there is! Also God is lurve.

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Last Answer : I’ve had that off and on over the years. Don’t know the solution.

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Last Answer : No – it’ because everyone may be maxed out on you. After you have gotten 100 lurve from someone your lurve does not go up any more from their GAs or GQs. Mine has gone up in days except for the one from signing in each day.

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Last Answer : answer:No, I don't. It would change the dynamic most horribly, I think, if it were worth anything, even as little as, say, a dollar per thousand points. I wouldn't even like to see an item of ... come up with something that would work so well and stand up so well to the pressure of time and use.

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Last Answer : Gailcalled – Much love and warm thoughts go out to you!

Is there a limit to how much lurve you can collect?

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Last Answer : answer:Maybe, maybe not. But so far the highest lurves recorded is more than 50k. So my guess is there is no limit.

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Last Answer : Maybe the honoree just isn’t into the parties? I’m not sure we can really impose this sort of responsibility onto other jellies, especially if they were never interested in lurve or lurve parties to begin with.

Do closed accounts accrue lurve?

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Last Answer : answer:I just gave a post from a closed account a GA, then refreshed the page. The answer to your Q is yes. I wonder how many others are checking this right now? ;-)

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Last Answer : You mean this?—-> ルーブ！ルーブ！

Is your lurve total frozen, too?

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Last Answer : answer:People max out on the amount of lurve they can give you. It still shows up as a GA but doesn’t increase your score. I think it is 100 points per person until it doesn’t count anymore on your actual points. It is just the way it is and everyone has dealt with it.

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Last Answer : Oh man, pizza sounds so good right now. Usually 10,000 get’s you in on the first floor. But there’s a pool out back.

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Last Answer : answer:To be honest I hardly ever notice. If I do I often forget.. But then again I am not of awarded such honors. Maybe when I have earned them they will mean more to me… But then again a number is just number… and numbers are so constraining.

Who has summation(5000*1/2^i) lurve today?

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Last Answer : Thank you everyone!

What is lurve?

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Last Answer : It's the esteem of the Fluther community, expressed in numerical form. When someone clicks the Great Answer or Great Question button, they're giving someone lurve. The number next to your ... weird vagueries about how that score actually accumulates that it doesn't actually mean much in the end.

What tricks were pulled to earn 20K lurve?

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Last Answer : Oh, yay! You’re cool beans. Congrats!

How are lurve points calculated?

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Last Answer : The little guy with the abacus shoves those beads around. Having eight tenacles makes the work go very fast.

When there's a K party do you hold off on giving GA's until the responders have at least 5 GA's so they can get the lurve points from newer jellies.

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Last Answer : I have never considered doing this. I don’t take lurve so seriously that I have considered withholding GAs to give people an opportunity to get more lurve.

Should fluther get rid of the lurve system altogether?

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Last Answer : This is Fluther, and this is pretty much the way things will stay, since Ben and Andrew have gone to Twitter. The GA and GQ give new jellies a way to find the best answers or questions quickly. The Lurve ... I'm looking at YOU, @Zen). Just accept this wonderful site as it is, and you will be happy.

Only 247 people have over 10k lurve?

Description : Only 247 people have over 10k lurve?

Last Answer : Yeah yeah but there is not need for the jellies to get all big-headed about it now. The last thing we need is overbloated jelly egos!!!!!!!!!

What makes you decide whether or not to give someone lurve?

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Last Answer : answer:I give lurve for good answers and less so (but only because I forget) good questions. I mentioned on your other question that I am a bit more selective than I used to be when giving lurve. I used ... generous to those people. I will still give them lurve but I will only do so if they earn it.

Are you guys just trying to end my perfect lurve?

Description : Are you guys just trying to end my perfect lurve?

Last Answer : Fixed that for you.

Anyone else have exactly 25000 lurve?

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Last Answer : Is it too blatantly sucking up to give you a GQ?

What's the punishment for a user who uses their alternate account to self-lurve?

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Last Answer : Blindess.