This is a cool idea. Gameifying popularity in virtual environments is a cringeworthy trend in the modern world. Nice to see a little push back. Reminds me of

This is a cool idea. Gameifying popularity in virtual environments is a cringeworthy trend in the modern world. Nice to see a little push back. Reminds me of Myspace's "Top 8" that everyone tried to gameify and took way too seriously back in grade school. People that had removed it altogether were usually more pleasant people to interact with in person.