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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Joe[x86] on April 10, 2005, 08:19 PM

Title: Karma
Post by: Joe[x86] on April 10, 2005, 08:19 PM
I think we should install Karma on these forums. What about you guys?
Title: Re: Karma
Post by: Archonist on April 10, 2005, 08:21 PM
Quote from: Joex86] link=topic=11237.msg108105#msg108105 date=1113182365]
I think we should install Karma on these forums. What about you guys?

Been there, done that...
Title: Re: Karma
Post by: Invert on April 10, 2005, 08:22 PM
*Places his finger in the middle of his lips* shhhhhhhhhh!
Title: Re: Karma
Post by: quasi-modo on April 10, 2005, 08:22 PM
why was karma removed anyway?
Title: Re: Karma
Post by: Lenny on April 10, 2005, 08:26 PM
http://forum.valhallalegends.com/phpbbs/index.php?action=search
Title: Re: Karma
Post by: UserLoser. on April 10, 2005, 10:04 PM
/me whistles and looks around wondering what karma is
Title: Re: Karma
Post by: Joe[x86] on April 10, 2005, 10:17 PM
Latest item on search for "karma": UL's post above me. Hmm.
Title: Re: Karma
Post by: Archonist on April 10, 2005, 10:19 PM
Quote from: UserLoser on April 10, 2005, 10:04 PM
/me whistles and looks around wondering what karma is

I was gonna comment on you and karma in my original post...  :P

Joe, it's there..
Title: Re: Karma
Post by: UserLoser. on April 10, 2005, 10:22 PM
Quote from: Joex86] link=topic=11237.msg108121#msg108121 date=1113189455]
Latest item on search for "karma": UL's post above me. Hmm.

I know what karma is, I don't need to search for it.  I do believe I had a great effect on why it's not here anymore :o
Title: Re: Karma
Post by: MyndFyre on April 11, 2005, 02:52 AM
As I recall, the karma feature was enabled until someone somehow figured out how to abuse it.  I believe UL might have been that someone.  :P

Anyway, it has had something of a positive effect, as people don't make the single post of "+1" or "-1" with absolutely no content.
Title: Re: Karma
Post by: Spht on April 11, 2005, 05:11 AM
Don't worry.  A new method of ranking is coming to a forum near you!
Title: Re: Karma
Post by: iago on April 11, 2005, 08:47 AM
MyndFyre is correct -- far too many threads would degrade to "+1 to xxx" or "-1 to xxx" that it just got irritating.  UL's scheme had very little to do with the decision :P
Title: Re: Karma
Post by: Adron on April 11, 2005, 09:34 AM
Quote from: iago on April 11, 2005, 08:47 AM
MyndFyre is correct -- far too many threads would degrade to "+1 to xxx" or "-1 to xxx" that it just got irritating.  UL's scheme had very little to do with the decision :P

And besides, UL's scheme was a good thing, us admins are always on the lookout for new reasons to ban people!
Title: Re: Karma
Post by: Arta on April 11, 2005, 10:07 AM
Karma was diabled, because karma is:

- annoying
- judgemental
- flamebait
- spammy
- meaningless

In other words, a distractful waste of time and space. Ugh.
Title: Re: Karma
Post by: Akamas on April 11, 2005, 11:17 AM
Quote from: Arta[vL] on April 11, 2005, 10:07 AM
Karma was diabled, because karma is:

- annoying
- judgemental
- flamebait
- spammy
- meaningless

In other words, a distractful waste of time and space. Ugh.

I agree. I used to belong to a forum with karma, I found it to be annoying and pointless.
Title: Re: Karma
Post by: CrAz3D on April 11, 2005, 12:10 PM
Quote from: Spht on April 11, 2005, 05:11 AM
Don't worry.  A new method of ranking is coming to a forum near you!
+1!
Any idea when this ranking system might be in place? ;)
Title: Re: Karma
Post by: hismajesty on April 11, 2005, 01:55 PM
Quote from: CrAz3D on April 11, 2005, 12:10 PM
Quote from: Spht on April 11, 2005, 05:11 AM
Don't worry. A new method of ranking is coming to a forum near you!
+1!
Any idea when this ranking system might be in place? ;)

and at which forum?
Title: Re: Karma
Post by: iago on April 11, 2005, 02:28 PM
It'll probably be completed whenever World of Warcraft becomes boring for those currently playing it.
Title: Re: Karma
Post by: Grok on April 11, 2005, 02:43 PM
Karma distracted from content.
Title: Re: Karma
Post by: Meh on April 11, 2005, 02:59 PM
I think Karma gave a good point at to how you were on the forums. Low karma then obviousley you need to pick yourself up.
Title: Re: Karma
Post by: quasi-modo on April 11, 2005, 03:57 PM
Wouldn't karma cut down on lame posts too? For example people just posting ramdom stupid stuff or random outragious stuff just for attention.
Title: Re: Karma
Post by: Mitosis on April 11, 2005, 05:05 PM
Yes we could just give them  bad Karma so the admins know who to deal with.
Title: Re: Karma
Post by: Adron on April 11, 2005, 05:29 PM
Actually, there are more misbehaving people on the forums than behaving people a lot of the time. At least, if you add karma, the amount of karma changes made by misbehaving people will drown out the appropriate karma given. Karma will have no useful meaning.
Title: Re: Karma
Post by: hismajesty on April 11, 2005, 05:31 PM
Unless only a certain few (vL members/YaBB Gods (;)), perhaps) had access to altering karma.
Title: Re: Karma
Post by: Zakath on April 11, 2005, 05:46 PM
That actually would be an interesting way to do it. If only those recognized in some way as being respectable could manipulate Karma, it could actually work. However, as mentioned, an alternate system is already in the works.
Title: Re: Karma
Post by: Adron on April 11, 2005, 06:05 PM
Well, one way of solving that would be that only those with a high enough karma can modify karma. That way we'll get a ruling upper class, which can keep the others suppressed as needed.
Title: Re: Karma
Post by: Mitosis on April 11, 2005, 06:08 PM
All the ideas you guys have said sound great, really. Maybe you guys could make a list of them, and get the members of the forum to vote for like the top 5. Then once that is istablished the members of vL could chose which you guys think best? </suggestion>
Title: Re: Karma
Post by: Blaze on April 11, 2005, 06:08 PM
I think it would be a good idea to implement it again as long as one of these rules was used...
Title: Re: Karma
Post by: UserLoser. on April 11, 2005, 06:10 PM
The last three posts before the two before this sound good.  UserLoser is trying to straighten his act up here, and we all know I hate negative karma so acting bad won't do me any good :P
Title: Re: Karma
Post by: MyndFyre on April 11, 2005, 06:50 PM
Quote from: Mitosis on April 11, 2005, 06:08 PM
All the ideas you guys have said sound great, really. Maybe you guys could make a list of them, and get the members of the forum to vote for like the top 5. Then once that is istablished the members of vL could chose which you guys think best? </suggestion>
Silly Mitosis...

Quote from: Adron on April 05, 2005, 06:25 AM
The public never gets to vote on such issues.

Of course, that use of that quote might more readily belong in this thread ;) (http://forum.valhallalegends.com/phpbbs/index.php?topic=10559.0)