I was poking around Deviant Art yesterday, and was exploring their 'DA points' concept. Basically it's a currency localized to their community. Points can be used to buy prints of artwork, award tradeable badges to your favorite artists, and a few other things.
I know that Bungie Pro is coming back, and integrating something like this into Bnet/the Bungie Store would be amazing!
So basically render minutes and points could be the same thing, they are a currency that exists between the users and Bungie. The most powerful non-media use I could think of would be [b]the ability to gift Destiny DLC to friends using a different platform[/b], this would be absolutely amazing.
If points had the ability to buy Bungie Schwag from the Bungie Store, it would be all the more amazing, though I know it's usually easier when everything involved is digital.
It would be amazing for groups as well, make a library of purchasable page themes or something. :D [b]Under no circumstances make personal status increase with point usage, this would only be for groups[/b].
Another little bonus would be the capability to tip users for making quality posts, though I'd prefer it was anonymous.
So Bungie, tradeable points pl0x?
Some of those things take away revenue so I doubt they would happen. A points system of some sort would be alright, but it could be abused like followers, alts, and trolls. It would take a lot of developing.
If it did exist though, it would have to be called Glimmer.