My favorite thing about the Sift is the currency of the vote. The democratic quality of voting. The voice it affords you in affirming something someone else has said, whether they be video submissions or comments.

I wonder about making star points a kind of karmic currency. The ability to give from your own. I like this community and the characters herein so much I probably would given myself back down to a Bronze already.

Plus, once you're a big fat diamond, whatcha gonna do? What's a diamond worth if you can't spend it?

I'm not suggesting that this is at all like power points. You couldn't promote or anything like that. All you could do is give someone a star point of your own. That's all.

I leave good folks to ponder the execution and implications if they wish to.

Cheers!