Like @Seelix said, I guess some dude thought it up first, and then it became Fluther tradition. I think it’s cool, traditions bind communities together, and it’s just plain fun, too.
I’ve purposely stayed under the 10,000 mark to avoid the party. Back when Fluther was a baby people were lurving each other for no reason (that I could discern) simply to help them reach 10K. then, some brainiac started with the 10K parties and the lurve flowed in the form of GA’s and GQ’s just for “attending” the party. That’s when Fluther started slipping away for me.
@Sueanne_Tremendous so that’s what is happening. My lurve scale keeps going counterclockwise instead of increasing. I thought it was because Fluther was operating out of Australia or something.