A curious question about Fluther lurve and Great Answers (and the subconscious)...

I don’t know whether it’s just me, but it seems like in answers to questions, whenever someone points out that another answer is a GA, there is a higher tendency for people to go and actually click on the ‘Great Answer’ link.

It’s happened to me before; I’m just reading the answers, going along minding my own business, then I see an answer which has 5 GAs. I think to myself, “Oh, that’s quite a lot of lurve there.” and move on. Then I see another person referencing back to that answer, stating that it’s a GA (you know, for example ”@evenlyns_facade_heretic Lurve for that honey. If I could I’d give you 10 GAs for that”). Upon reading this, something in my head seems to click and I actually consciously go back to that answer and reread it, and more often than not give it a GA myself, thinking “Aww they’re right, it is a GA. I should recognise it by giving it a GA”.

Does this only happen to me? Or is it some subconscious things which happens to everyone, something like a herd mentality situation?

(And if this is true, think of the potential implications! rubs hands together evilly *)