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Karma power adjustment?

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I happened to notice that my Karma power was 21 today (I'm not sure why I noticed...maybe because it was different?). Last number I noticed was 75 or 76. Is this due to a change in how it is calculated?
I remember something about a plan to make it more reflective of post count, and decreasing the influence that time (length of membership) has...is that what happened?
 
hhmoore said:
I happened to notice that my Karma power was 21 today (I'm not sure why I noticed...maybe because it was different?). Last number I noticed was 75 or 76. Is this due to a change in how it is calculated?
I remember something about a plan to make it more reflective of post count, and decreasing the influence that time (length of membership) has...is that what happened?
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Sorta Harald.

You see, Rich decided to take your post count and divided that by pie to the second power then multiplied your length of membership by 0.79 followed by dropping all the even numbers from both and then adding what is left plus 4. That is how you get Karma Power of 21.

I'm certain of it....
 
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm - I like pie...and since you explained it to me, Sammy, I'll divide it & share with you.
 
shrap said:
Sorta Harald.

You see, Rich decided to take your post count and divided that by pie to the second power then multiplied your length of membership by 0.79 followed by dropping all the even numbers from both and then adding what is left plus 4. That is how you get Karma Power of 21.

I'm certain of it....
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That's twice today you've made me choke on something while reading your posts. :rofl::rofl: Must spread some around. LOL I needed the laugh though. :thumbsup:
 
Harald, if you got hit with some bad Karma then it would reduce your own Karma points depending on how much Karma power the other person had.

I was a 12-13, then got hit by someone with a lot more Karma and now am a 6.

So if you got hit by bad Karma that would/could be a reason.

**I can see how this is going to be abused now by those with higher karma points. They will be hitting others for something as stupid as having an opposing opinion to keep others from having enough karma power to make an impact on their own.
 
deborahbroadus said:
**I can see how this is going to be abused now by those with higher karma points. They will be hitting others for something as stupid as having an opposing opinion to keep others from having enough karma power to make an impact on their own.
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Easy now. The people with the higher karma are fairly well known for being honest and level headed. That's why they got the higher karma. :thumbsup:

Besides, nobody would dare give Harald bad karma. :D
 
deborahbroadus said:
**I can see how this is going to be abused now by those with higher karma points. They will be hitting others for something as stupid as having an opposing opinion to keep others from having enough karma power to make an impact on their own.
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If I see evidence of abuse, I will simply "karma nuke" the offender into oblivion. Anyone with negative karma is neutralized, in that they are no longer able to hit others with points. If I see what appears to be a group of people abusing the karma system in order to raise each others points, I will simply nuke them all. If some people are still hell bent on making things difficult around here, then the ban hammer will be used. :smash: I don't have as much patience for such crap as I used to have. And I have found that a permanent ban is really quite a great idea. I actually find this site a lot more enjoyable after I have removed a few people from it.
 
I want pie........................ Oh this is about points I thought it was about pie.


You know what they say Karme is a .......
 
xanaxez said:
i dont even know how it works or how you recieve it =( lol
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If somebody thinks you made an especially good post, they can give you positive karma. A person's karma power reflects how much positive karma they can give...so I give somebody positive karma, they get 21 reputation points (reputation points is a throwback to the old system, but I think it is still labeled that way).
By the same token, if somebody thinks you made a really bad post, they can give you negative karma. This will remove points from your reputation, but only half of the persons karma power.

I'd explain the accumulation system, but I'm not really sure what has been changed, lol.

To give karma for a post, click on the scale at the bottom of the person's post profile.
 
I noticed everyone's went down a couple of days ago, Harald. I think some of the numbers were pretty high to begin with.
 
Mine went from 1 to 0 Then again I don't pay much attention to it. It could have been higher....Probably not :rofl:
 
I will be adjusting the karma power formula here and there to try to keep the values reasonable. I'm trying to strike a balance between having everyone have NO power at all, and having some people able to nuke others because their karma power is way too high. I think it would just be simpler if everyone only had a karma power of "1", and be done with it.
 
WebSlave said:
I will be adjusting the karma power formula here and there to try to keep the values reasonable. I'm trying to strike a balance between having everyone have NO power at all, and having some people able to nuke others because their karma power is way too high. I think it would just be simpler if everyone only had a karma power of "1", and be done with it.
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I agree :iagree:(except for the Mods because they need the authority).

A new update, new format it would be equally reasonable if everyone also had 1 or 0 Karma power to work their way up. I believe that having everyone starting from scratch on equal footing and working their way up would give the newer members a fighting chance.
 
Rich~ is your avator a starving pig?
Why?
Edit~ never mind~ it's a starving piggy bank isn't it!


And to stay on topic~ we used to have a list of what we got positive or negative karma for in our user cp~ It's not there anymore. Just gone or moved somewhere else?
 
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