Are you ever surprised by a lack of Fluve?

There are no rules for lurve. Sometimes I give great answers and get nothing (while everyone else in the thread gets some), and other times i’ll give funny answers and get a lot.

Yes. And frequently it has to do with who else is in the thread answering. But like others have said, you can’t control it.

I’ve had the latter happen quite a bit.

If I’m not getting lurve? Well, I tried. All I can do is put it out there and let it go… :)

Yes, I have… but you can’t control that, so I just let it go and wait for people to notice how smart I am. :)

case in point, I just got fluve for blow drying my hair! I never expected that!

What’s Fluve?

Fluve for @breedmitch for asking that VERY silly question. :)

I took it to be short for fluther love or another word for lurve.

Geez, it’s to late for me to edit the question! Why have I been calling it fluve latley??!!! UGGGGGGH!

It’s okay Judy… Take a deeeeep breath, inhale the Fluve, feel the Fluve within you! :)

@mangeons You are making me laugh today. Thank you!

I’m in a funny mood today, I guess. :)

I like it, like @Bri_L said, Fluther Love = Fluve. :)

@Judi Things have been strange for me latley too. Maybe I should stop fluthering in a cave by candlelight. I never expect lurve on long answers because I don’t expect as many people to commit to more than a sentence. What a surprise to get 6 on a really long one yesterday.

I hardly ever read daloon’s whole answer, sorry Daloon, but I usually read about the first paragraph and determine on that, because I’m too lazy to read the whole thing. :)

Yes to both.

Yeah, totally. I think I’m less inclined to write long, thought-out, well-researched answers because they seemed sort of underappreciated given how much effort went into them. Then again, I usually enjoy writing them and might just be burned out from being forced to write for school…

@Judi: I’m sorry. I wasn’t calling you out on your mistake. I just haven’t been around here as much lately and thought perhaps Ben and Andrew had add a new feature. I was thinking, “Oh great now I have to be concerned with lurve and fluve.”
and why haven’t I gotten any fluve yet? :(

Lurve is blind.

@Judi: I’m sending you lurve just for calling it Fluve! Cutest thing I’ve seen all day!

All my remarks are fantastic but it never seems to be recognized.

No, because I don’t really pay attention to details like this. I’ve been spending less time on this site and more time doing actual things in life (sewing a quilt!) so I have less time to care about whether my answers get lurve or not. Sure it’s nice, but ultimately it means nothing, so why bother caring about it when you can care about things that ultimately do mean something.

That happens to me all the time… I generally get lurve for silly, toss-off answers, but not as much for well thought out, well composed, insightful ones. Ah well. Lurve is lurve is lurve.

Wow, I thought it was just me and there was a conspiracy against my clever answers. Nice to know other people’s wise ass and clever answers get ignored too.

Yeah… ;)

Judi, you totally deserved the lurve (or fluve, if you like) for that blow drying answer. It was the perfect answer to the question! To answer your question, I’ve been surprised, but I don’t stress about it.

There seems to be a number of variables that come into play when people give out lurve. There is absolutely a certain degree of favoritism, which is why I like the rule that limits how much lurve one member can give another (that is still in existence, I hope).

Personally, I don’t get wrapped up in the points here, and I haven’t gotten involved socially the way others have. I tend to only offer a response if I feel it adds something to the coversation and helps to answer the question. If someone else has already said what I was going to say, I give them lurve and move on (e.g. the blow-drying question).

As such, I don’t get much lurve or make anyone’s crush list. But I do get the sense that my selective responses are usually appreciated, regardless of the lurve I get.

Personally, I often lurve when an answer makes me laugh.
When it is insightful and interesting, I lurve too, but I sometimes have to remind myself to do so.

@Trustinglife, nice new avatar! Dashing.

@Judi I like fluve…kinda cute!

It’s real hit and miss. Sometimes, the lurve comes in on some of my answers that I’m thinking, “ok, makes sense.” Other times, I’m a little surprised. It’s ok, I’ll take it both ways. :)

@mangeons: ‘scool. I don’t read long answers either. I write because I enjoy my thoughts. If I get lurve, all the better. Usually, I’m not trying to persuade anyone of much. At least, I don’t think I am. I could be wrong.

Still, thanks for the tip. Next time I think I’ll just take random text from some novel and paste it in after the first paragraph. I suppose no one will notice. Uh-oh. You won’t read this, because it’s in the second paragraph. What to do? What to do? Should I eliminate the paragraph break? Naw. He’ll think I’m brilliant and all, so why ruin his misperception?

@daloon I read at least the 1st 5 paragraphs that you write but I’m old and lose my concentration beyond that point. BTW I am putting together a best of daloon book ( haven’t seen a copyright) and the longer your answers the better. I’m thinking of calling it “Erudite Comments on American Culture”. Do you think I might have a best seller? <;P

@galileogirl: don’t waste your time. I think you’d sell one copy. I bet you can guess who the buyer would be!

Shoot, I’d buy it!

I read it daloon. And what is this calling me a “he” all of a sudden? ;)

See daloon, And if you can sell it for some of those academic lightweight modern culture classes, the sky (well maybe the 4th floor) is the limit.

@mangeons: I thought I’d explained that on another question.

@galileogirl: just let me know one thing—why the 4th floor? Also, you think I couldn’t hack it in the serious academic culture classes? What’s that all about? Hmph.

Well, I see it now. Go check out the score!

Since I am a gentleman, you may have the last word.

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It never ceases to amaze me that a question can have 15 comments and only one lurve. To me, if a questions is good enough to attract my attention, it automatically deserves to be recognized. Why would anyone even answer a question that doesn’t deserve lurve?

@Yarnlady: I answer technical questions about things like sightseeing in NYC, questions for which I just happen to have expertise, because I know something about them and can be helpful, not always because they are thought provoking questions. It’s the latter that get my GQ lurve. I also don’t expect GQs on questions that can be answered with facts like that. I think both are beneficial, one just happens to be more fun :)

@TitsMcGhee Ah, yes, I see that point of view. My personal take is that any contribution that attracts me, even request for facts, are asking for a personal input, and worthy of lurve.

@Yarnlady: Well I certainly won’t turn your lurve down :) I also just noticed that your username is y-a-R-N-l-a-d-y. Honest to God, I’ve been reading it as y-a-M-l-a-d-y. Lol. The r and n are so friggin close together!

@TitsMcGhee I run into that a lot. I’m changing it to all caps.

@Yarnlady: I just thought you liked yams a lot! :P

@TitsMcGhee hahaha. I guess I’m stuck with it, I don’t see anyway to change it to all caps.

@Yarnlady: Yeah, I think you might be… but think of it this way; it’s almost like you have two usernames! (Whether you have a particular penchant for sweet potatoes or not)

“I yam what I yam.”

@Yarnlady You can use the ‘contact’ button, and ask the founders to change it for you. They will usually do it if it doesn’t change the actual name. Give it a shot!