User blog comment:DancePowderer/How Bounties Actually Work/@comment-1362207-20121220060733

You are absolutely right. In my own words, A bounty is meant to represent how much The World Government sees you as a threat. It shows the amount, and level of trouble you have caused them, excluding the things they can completely cover up. A pirate could be the strongest piece of shit in the goddamn cosmos and not have a bounty because he/she hasn't caused the World Government any problems. WIth that in mind, I wouldn't be suprised if Shanks' Bounty is lower than the other Yonkou's, considering he usually doesn't go out of his way to cause them direct trouble. Although considering this is only based off the small amount of his crews history that we actually know of, this could definetly not be the case at all.

I realize I am essentially restating things that you just said in different words, but I felt the need to voice my view on this subject as well.