MC Banhammer Posted:

I don’t see a problem with this. Some people can only donate a little at a time, and by the time they donate the same amount as a higher-level package, they’ve actually bought fewer BP than someone who did it in one shot. So why shouldn’t they get rewarded as well?

Problem is that people who buy small deals will be less likely to spend BP on community stuff and just buy whatever they need (like Sucky Sucky to get an alt). Big spenders who buy the friend deals will be more likely to spend their BP on contests, pranks, etc. Last time I ran into ET in chat, he wanted to stimulate lots of BP spending and the friend E-Peen encourage players to overspend a little. I know I wouldn’t have held as many contests, pranks or occasional random giveaways if I didn’t have BP to burn at times.

tl;dr: If you want friend E-Peen, buy them.