@rebbel, I picked up my information from local lore, and I can’t speak for its exactness. But I believe you are correct: there’s an approximate maximum of 100 points of lurve from any one user to another, and that’s a total of GA’s and GQ’s. Since GA = 5 and GQ = 3, it can only be stated as “approximately” 100 points; I’m guessing that it stops when one award puts you at or over 100, so theoretically it could be as much as 104. But that’s a guess.
Moreover, GA points on any one post and GQ points on any one Q top out at 5. So even if someone who can still give you lurve awards you a GA after your post has reached 5, it doesn’t count. Same with GQ’s.
So—if your first 5 GA’s come from people who’ve already reached their max for you, you won’t see your score increase at all, though your GA count will go up and you’ll see a message of points awarded. Same with GQ’s.
I have seen days when I received 70 or more GA’s and saw an increase of only 15 points. The other day I was receiving GA’s all day and didn’t increase at all, as I recall. This is why it’s pointless (ha ha) to worry a lot about lurve.
It’s a brilliant way to keep people from gaming the system and forming little mutual lurve societies with their pals. I’m all for it.
But we have explained this all so many times, and our information comes mostly from guesswork and inference. Since it’s no secret, why can’t the link that explains lurve also spell this out?