ANNOUNCEMENT: new Karma system

[kwun]

good morning. time to answer some questions...

How i gonna know i got karma point???Just curious.

click on "User CP" menu, it will list all your karma awards and the comments made.

Is it possible to show others karma points and hide our own points? That could negate the tendency towards a popularity driven forum.

hm.... not sure. let me check..

I would like to propose less point per day. In 10~15 pt range. Just a warning that some member might artifically infalte the Karma by sign on as another new member. May be we can use a scale level for those wiho has less than 100 posts 5 Karma points, 500 post 10 Karma pt and > 1000 post 15 Karma pt. This will not avoid the abuse, however, it might slow down.

yes. the system is quite interesting. ppl with higher seniority (longer registration) and higher post count can award more points than new comer.

new users cannot award any karma until they have 25 posts or more.

Or new members cannot give karma points during their first week or month or whatever.

in fact, members with less than 10 karma points or members with less than 25 posts don't award any karma points. they can still go through the process and leave a comment, but the points awarded will be 0.

If we give negative karma and put a comment, how does the poster see that?
Or know that one of his/her posts has been karma'd ?

click "User CP", you will see the list on the front.

Any limitation toward a particular individual or a particular thread? Otherwise, during a heated debate, someone can through in 10 negative karmas toward his opponent.

yes. after you award someone karma, you have to give at least 19 other users Karma before you can award the same person again. on top of that, there is a 25 karma click limit per day, so it is not possible to flood a person with negative karma.

[kwun]

overall, the system is quite sophisticated. i could see that the system was designed and refined with features to prevent abuse from users. that's one of the reason i think it maybe a feasible and valuable thing to turn on.

we need to make sure that we use it properly and be fair and honest with our feedback to other users, positive or negative.

[chris-ccc]

click on "User CP" menu, it will list all your karma awards and the comments made.

click "User CP", you will see the list on the front.

Hi kwun,

I clicked on the "User CP" menu... and I can see 14 points been awarded to this thread "ANNOUNCEMENT: new Karma system", but I cannot find any list of comments made.

Cheers... chris@ccc

[kwun]

Hi kwun,

I clicked on the "User CP" menu... and I can see 14 points been awarded to this thread "ANNOUNCEMENT: new Karma system", but I cannot find any list of comments made.

Cheers... chris@ccc

hi chris, 4 pts was awarded to you by another user. you have 10 base karma pts so that makes 14 pts! no comment was left, so there is nothing to show.

[chris-ccc]

hi chris, 4 pts was awarded to you by another user. you have 10 base karma pts so that makes 14 pts! no comment was left, so there is nothing to show.

Thanks kwun... for giving us karma points for our CCC Badminton.

And now... I can see how comments can be made.

Cheers... chris@ccc

[silentheart]

How do you read or see how many Karma point the other user has?

Will there be any thing bad happen to the member has too many (-) Karma? Will I get run over by Cooler's icecream truck or eaten by the Giant Panda? I don't want to go to hell?

[LazyBuddy]

click on "User CP" menu, it will list all your karma awards and the comments made.



yes. after you award someone karma, you have to give at least 19 other users Karma before you can award the same person again. on top of that, there is a 25 karma click limit per day, so it is not possible to flood a person with negative karma.

1. I used the "User CP", and it only listed the points, and threads. If there's no comments, how to tell whether it's positive or negative? I assume if a green dot means positive? What's the symbol for negative?

2. 25 clicks or 25 submissions? I mean, I can click 25 users, but changed my mind for not giving karma and closed the window. Is that going to waste my daily allowance? Or, no submission means no usage?

[DinkAlot]

How do you read or see how many Karma point the other user has?

Will there be any thing bad happen to the member has too many (-) Karma? Will I get run over by Cooler's icecream truck or eaten by the Giant Panda? I don't want to go to hell?

Panda's don't eat hearts; especially not silent ones. Panda's eat szechuan spicy beef noodles with two eggs over easy!

[LazyBuddy]

hi chris, 4 pts was awarded to you by another user. you have 10 base karma pts so that makes 14 pts! no comment was left, so there is nothing to show.

I am a bit slow to adopt to new stuff, so excuse me.

I don't know how the 4 pts come from? 1 pt per "other user", and total of 4 of them? Or, 4 pt per a particular user (and based on his post / seniority)?

[kwun]

I am a bit slow to adopt to new stuff, so excuse me.

I don't know how the 4 pts come from? 1 pt per "other user", and total of 4 of them? Or, 4 pt per a particular user (and based on his post / seniority)?

we don't know. they are accumulated points.

[kwun]

2. 25 clicks or 25 submissions? I mean, I can click 25 users, but changed my mind for not giving karma and closed the window. Is that going to waste my daily allowance? Or, no submission means no usage?

25 submissions.

[LazyBuddy]

How do you read or see how many Karma point the other user has?

I am 2nd on this. Now, I can only see a sorted list of others, to determine who's "more trustworthy" than others. It will be great to see the points of others, rather than the "rank".

[kwun]

How do you read or see how many Karma point the other user has?

you don't know exactly how many points other users have. but you can tell from the green icon under their username what level they are at.

Will there be any thing bad happen to the member has too many (-) Karma? Will I get run over by Cooler's icecream truck or eaten by the Giant Panda? I don't want to go to hell?

no. the whole thing is just an indicator, an indicator that both you and others can see. if you make rude posts and get karma'ed down, and you are ok with that, then it is fine.

what it boils down to is that BC is a community, and it is up to you to decide how other person perceives you as a member. the karma is just an indicator to show you how you have done.

[kwun]

Will there be any thing bad happen to the member has too many (-) Karma? Will I get run over by Cooler's icecream truck or eaten by the Giant Panda? I don't want to go to hell?

another interesting thing is that potentially there could be actual rewards handed out to members who gather enough Karma points. perhaps things like a special font for their title, or a larger PM box. rewarding the member for being a good citizen of the community, and encourage other members to be so as well.

we will have to see how good the system come out to be to make a decision.

[silentheart]

So we have just green for good (+). What color is for 0 or (-)?
Sorry for the bad joke earlier.

[kwun]

So we have just green for good (+). What color is for 0 or (-)?
Sorry for the bad joke earlier.

yellow or red, i think.

[wilfredlgf]

I for one hope that nobody turn into rabbits just because they have 'disciplinary cards' now - if a point is worth making, do so as long as it is within the confines of decorum.

Disagreeing (within reason) is good.