I can’t turn away – like a road accident – I want to, but I can’t. Tim and the genii at flutherville must be on to something; I have left fluther under my former nickname because I found that at 5k and hundreds of questions and thousands of replies, I was fluthering for the wrong reason – for lurve – whatever that is (plus fourbucks will get you a coffee at you know where).

I left, started a newzen nick, clean slate, just as these awards began. Aiiiyeee! I guess I am “old school”: I just want to chat with people, be silly, be serious, get opinions, feel smart with newbies and feel dumb with Matt Brownes. I guess I just want to talk, communicate and learn.

Thus, the awards are more of what I did not want. It’s like a game (which I don’t play, btw – even my teens know not play games on my PC).

And then there’s you – and your thoughts about the Community Feed and the awards system; do you find yourself checking it out – and how often, and does it affect your fluthering?