I felt it was easier for me in the beginning to gain lurve because the few that gave me alot of lurve have maxed me out (you are allowed only 20 great answers from a single user before their lurve doesn’t count anymore).
There is somewhat of a broad line here politically on this site (compared to others like sodahead, etc) where you may have people that agree with the rights of homosexuals to get married, supporting affirmative action, helping the enviroment but at the same time opposing gun control, supporting the death penalty, lower taxes among other issues. I myself am conservative on many issues but very liberal on others. This is the one thing I do appreciate about Fluther is the political diversity on here. If you expect people on here to robotically agree with Republicans on most/all issues and “liberals” to blindly agree with all of their “traditional” issues in a robotic politically correct order then there are other Q & A websites with those types of people.
Personally from being around narrow-minded rednecks who can’t think for themselves and being exposed to a newspaper that is nothing short of being ran by Obama bashing editors I actually appreciate the more liberal political diversity on here, maybe I’m conservative on Fluther but believe me I’m a “liberal” where I live.
I’ve termed the above Republicans and liberals rather than Democrats because it seems if you jump ship on an issue or two when it comes to most Republicans today then you are considered a “liberal” anyway. I accept most on here are to the left of me but that doesn’t bother me a great deal or I would join the ultraconservative Sodahead. There are drastic political differences on here if you read most of the threads but not the robotic neoconservative types. People can actually think on this website and it’s even challenged me (sometimes uncomfortably). There are quite a few conservatives on here that have massive lurve if you look.
I actually asked a similar question about why there are more atheists than theists on here and who is more likely to get more lurve. To me it’s not about lurve itself but the fact it shows you wrote a good answer or not. I’ve been frustrated myself on this issue not because of lurve itself but sometimes I felt I gave a great answer on a topic and someone writes three words and gets 10 great answers. It’s not about lurve with me but the fact that people appreciated an answer I went out of my way for. I’m not on here for lurve but for answering interesting diverse questions. Fluther is one of the best Q & A websites I have found despite my differences with many others on here.