Lurve Limits, Great Questions, Answers, and Awards: How does it all work?
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October 19th, 2009
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I understand the need for the limits (although I wish it weren’t necessary). But I have heard people mention knowing that they’ve given the maximum Lurve possible to another member of the Collective. How can they tell that?
Having been here over two years, I am sure to have maxed out on many Jellies… but it seems that if I click “Great Question” or “Great Answer” that the number goes up or maybe I am not paying close enough attention. So if my rating on the Q or A is counted on that post, but not towards the Jelly’s overall Lurve Score, does that still count towards their Awards?
And if the answer to that is “yes”, what are your thoughts about abuse of that system, like the potential abuses that led to the Lurve score limits?
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You can give as many GA’s and GQ’s as you like and the number of GA’s and GQ’s will always go up. However their lurve score will not go up as a result if you have already maxed out on them.
If a reward is dependent on how many GA’s or GQ’s you receive, a person maxed out on their lurve to you can still apply their GA’s and GQ’s toward these awards.
I am maxed out on a lot of people too, including you, @hearkat, as I always admire your thoughtful posts. I click the GA anyway, because it counts toward awards now, and because it shows up as a positive response for you on your home page, even though it doesn’t increase your Lurve.
@pdworkin and @The_Compassionate_Heretic are right. I have maxed out on couple of friends, too. In a way I respect fluther lurve system, but sometimes some users give such great answers that I wish there was no lurve-max rule.
well, I guess I’m maxed-out on all of you, because no-one’s Lurve score went up just now – is it instantaneous? I never paid any attention before!
You’d have to refresh to see whether the lurve goes up
@hearkat I know I’ve maxed out on just about everybody; that’s what comes of being a promiscuous lurver.
I never knew there was a limit to anyones lurve! What a shame! Can’t we all just lurve freely?
The man is always keeping us down!!!
Perhaps that explains why some people have started again with a new nick. There will be a point where a person’s score cannot increase without new blood coming into play.
I wasn’t aware of this rule either. I think it’s the suckiest thing I’ve ever encountered on Fluther. Instead of a Lurve-Limit, there should be a Lurve-Time-Limit. That way, you can continue giving Lurve to your friends, but the system will stop one friend from lurving the same friend too many times in a set time period (say, 24 hours). This will curb abuse while allowing people to keep lurving Jellies that give good answers.
@drdoombot but the system will stop one friend from lurving the same friend too many times in a set time period
Sort of an “incest” inhibitor?
We should call it the Incest Inhibitor™ feature.
Do I understand correctly? The ‘lurve limit’ is a lifetime cap? Once you hit the limit for user X, you can never again affect their lurve score?
@HasntBeen: If you have given “Jelly X” the maximum lifetime Lurve points, their overall member Lurve score will not change; but the Lurve will still register on that post and add to the Great Question or Great Answer Lurve points – which do also count toward the Fluther Awards.
All this fish terminology makes me wanna channel Jaques Cousteau again. But I said I wouldn’t. :)
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