Bounties for strength and danger.
Titles for status.
I dont actually think bounties are supposed to fully represent strength or danger really. If that was the case the supernova trio wouldn't have the same bounty and blackbeard would be lower than them (especially kid and law)
I think it only represents your own most known feats of strength and danger
Like the reason the trio share the same bounty is add said they got equal credit for taking down kaido and linlin (aka one third each). Luffy's having a stronger crew and fleet dont add to his own bounty as an individual but their bounties + his defines their collective percieved strength and danger as a group. Luffy's bounty not representing everyone under him
The reason kid and law have a higher bounty than blackbeard despite obviously being weaker and obviously having weaker crews is because they technically accomplished something bigger than anything blackbeard himself has
Blackbeard biggest know accomplishment being defeating the remnants of the whitebeard pirates. Him again so far not showing much the navy can actually use to rank his true strength and danger
The reason buggys bounty is so high is because the world government believeing him to be way stronger than he really is. Hyping him for being a former roger pirate, giving him all the credit for impel down, believing he and shanks are rivals, and believing crocodile and mihawk are under him
I did read the thread. The point is, it doesn't matter lol.

And that's exactly what im tryna get at
Just like somehow even devil fruits aren't even taken into consideration when it comes to bounty