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Can the 100 lurve max for members be seen as an ill-fated Ponzi scheme?

Asked by Hypocrisy_Central (26879points) September 3rd, 2011

With any good Ponzi scheme you have to always have fresh blood coming in to keep the payouts to those at the top going. At some point, there are enough coming in at the bottom to continue supporting those near the top. With no maximum of 100 lurve you can give to any one Jelly the more Jellies get up the ladder the slower their climb will be, unless they ramp up their activity. Many lurve could have been squandered. Lurving a person for showing up to a mansion party is actually a ding over a plus. If a person is in a long thread, and have several good answers it could hurt them later when they have a great answer. Over time, the lurve they can receive will play out and those established Jelly’s lurve will no longer count for them, no matter how brilliant the question or answer was. If new Jellies are not continuing coming in, being active, and staying active, how is the lurve process suppose to stay afloat, and not implode on the fact of becoming too top heavy?

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