Pointers for Giving Karma

Ok not saying this Karma stuff is bad,but I do doubt peoples ability to use it responsibly.I was negative one on karma points,why you ask?
Because I posted lyrics for Nine Inch Nails-Hurt as lyrics that meant something to me.I recieved a negative point for the simple reason of "it was better with Johnny Cash".For christs sake Nine Inch Nails still wrote the damn song,who covered it should have nothing to do with it.So like I said,Im not to sure if we are responsible enough.

 

Remember though that if you get a really whack reason for negative karma from someone, you can report em. Also, we can now see the username of the person who gave karma, so you know who it is. Some people thought that it would cause flame wars in PM's, but overall I think people are giving more thought to karma (since their username gets revealed).

 

I think the giving karma thing is good, it teaches people not to post pointless things *like me*, and it gives something to look forward too, ...I got a couple of bad karmas though, and it didnt give me a reason

 

Yeah, sometimes there's no need to give a reason for karma, because the reason should be obvious. If it's not the case though, and you think it was unjustly given, you can report it to a moderator.

 

Hmmm. What happens when there is no reason present?

Should I make assumptions about the reason then?

 

Sure, you could make assumptions like that.

Just be sure not to try and attack that person in Private Message, y'dig?

 

hey im kinda new here so i want to ask what is karma? what does it do? :dizzy2:
ps ill check up on for an answer in 30 min i have to go by

edit : alright i now what it( kinda) is but i still dont know what it does
if you get lots of bad karma do you get banned

 

How do you give karma?

 

you see that little button that looks like a scale next to the green dot that says your online? (it's not green when you're not online) you click on that button on other peoples' posts.

 

you mean the ying and yang thingie (i think thats what its called?) o.o

 

...Well it might be that on your visual style; for me it's a scale.

 

mines a scale too. but that scale/yinyang thingy is also right next to the red triangular shape sign with "!" in it. if you put your cruser over it it says report bad post.
and the scale says add to __username__ reputation

all right I got it, it is a yinyang (it only looks like that when you choose the color for your background "cloud" (it looks cool this way even the smilies are diffrent)

edit: if you have it in cloud the box were you report bad posts will not be a red triangle

 

karma may not seem like much but those who denie it are wrong so give good carma to those who deserve it and bad to those who deserve it thats it

 

I just realized, I don't give much Karma anymore...Someone remind me to give some every once in a while, Mk?

 

I believe that karma points only count when a member who has 50+ posts gives the poitns to you...right? Or is that wrong? Partially, perhaps? I was told that...Or I misinterperted it...I do not remember seeing that said somewhere...I may be wrong.

 

Yes. Your Karma weighing factor sets in at your 50 posts and you must have at least 10 positive reputation points. If not, all you give out is neutral reputation.

- Kaiyon