Folks, the way this place is about Tommy Points points is enough to make the Devil blush. Sure, we have people who get them because they are truly deserving of community recognition and reward. More often though we have buyers and sellers, brokers and day-traders, internet forums equivalents of male street-walkers who'll do anything for a Tommy Point (don't let the kids read this).
We have little punk gangs who bump each other up with TPs, professional beggars who use TPs to try to position themselves on CB or who in other instances beg because literally their personal self-esteem is inseparable from their Tommy Point counts, and nutjobs who set up multiple member accounts that they use to boost their own Tommy Point standings (among other things). We also have practically any combination one might imagine of the aforementioned realities taking place in some individuals all at the same time.
So, I'm sorry but anyone here trying to glean something meaningful and insightful from the Tommy Point phenomenon here on CB couldn't embrace anything that would hold less frustration and futility or produce less fruit. You would be advised to pursue something less challenging and potentially more rewarding such as determining the potential of NBA candidates by the color of their droppings.
All you need to know is...
- The Bad News: nobody around here has gotten rich of Tommy Points yet.
- The Good News: nobody around here has died from Tommy Points yet as far as we know.
Beyond that, have fun with TPs if you can. If you can't, ignore them. They are just one of those passing, temporary things one encounters on occasion and due to the dilution of the original ideal behind, quite meaningless.
