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Karma System

The DISPLAY of the numbers has been removed, not the actual "power" itself.
 
Griz said:
Uhm, Nicholas, did we get up on the wrong side of the bed?
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no


Griz said:
My only intelligent reply that I can offer you is......duh.
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and thats the intellegent reply???


Griz said:
Sometimes you need to read posts with the understanding that the author assumes a certain amount of assumptions from the reader.
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One can never assume in todays society, its best to explain everything to insure there a good understanding.



Griz said:
Go drink some coffee....
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Had my two JUMBO 32 oz cups of Dunkin Doughnuts coffee today, not to mention a espresso at lunch, got a good caffeine rush going now.
 
nicolai said:
and thats the intellegent reply???
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Nope, that was my intelligent (not intellegent) reply to a rather silly point.
:raspberry

Griz
 
WebSlave said:
The DISPLAY of the numbers has been removed, not the actual "power" itself.
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Ah.......looks like maybe I'm the one that needed the coffee, lol. ;) Makes sense now.
 
Relax, guys

Don't get strung out over the Karma numbers or giving positive or receiving negative or...anything. It's a piece of fluff that Rich put in so people could get some feedback from other members on how their opinions were viewed. It holds no real value!!! It's like keeping score over who got the most valentines in grade school!

Concentrate on your trader ratings, your GGC's and your knowledge...they're all much more important!!
 
ms_terese said:
Don't get strung out over the Karma numbers or giving positive or receiving negative or...anything. It's a piece of fluff that Rich put in so people could get some feedback from other members on how their opinions were viewed. It holds no real value!!! It's like keeping score over who got the most valentines in grade school!

Concentrate on your trader ratings, your GGC's and your knowledge...they're all much more important!!
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That is actually true. The "karma" system is just a toy to play with here. Pretty amazing how seriously some people will take it, though. And of course, the one time I tried to take it away I had people who then wanted to string me up over it. :rolleyes: So I don't go down that road any longer......
 
ms_terese said:
It's like keeping score over who got the most valentines in grade school!!!
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But i hardly ever got any valentines in grade school. :bawling: :bawling:
 
WebSlave said:
Pretty amazing how seriously some people will take it, though.
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Even more amazing is how a member can recieve warning points for "karma abuse" even though a member can only leave so much karma within a 24 hour period.

I got an idea everybody; how about charging to give and receive karma? I'd say an extra $10 a year should be good.
 
gmherps said:
Even more amazing is how a member can recieve warning points for "karma abuse" even though a member can only leave so much karma within a 24 hour period.

I got an idea everybody; how about charging to give and receive karma? I'd say an extra $10 a year should be good.
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Maybe you are just having trouble with the definition of "abuse". In the case of "karma abuse" it is when someone gets a bad karma rating from someone then retaliates against that person for no other reason then just spite for getting their own negative points. This can be tracked in two ways: (1) They will say something like "Let's see how you like it, jerk!" and/or (2) the post they have applied it towards can in no way, shape, or form be construed as being of the type that anyone could reasonably apply negative karma towards.

Even if someone were allowed only one karma rating per month, they could STILL abuse it. My goal of limiting the number of times someone can apply karma, and particularly the number of times they can apply those points to a single person, was to cut back on the "scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" point trading that was taking place here. But as usually is the case, there is no perfect solution for this.
 
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