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« on: June 08, 2006, 02:30:58 am »
I'm going to  assume that the number next to your name is this karma rank people are talking about.

Is it possible for me to get a -1?
Thats all I ask.

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Re: Karma
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2006, 02:37:25 am »
No, the number isn't next to Administrator titles, so it's safe to assume that you're WRONG!  !OHHHHHH

I'm guessing it's a joke on soldat names, since there are multiple majors we have a (1) at the end of our names.

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Re: Karma
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2006, 03:02:37 am »
Any idea on when karma might be coming? :o

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Re: Karma
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2006, 03:32:59 am »
I'm guessing it's a joke on soldat names, since there are multiple majors we have a (1) at the end of our names.

Lame.

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Re: Karma
« Reply #4 on: June 08, 2006, 03:47:53 am »
I'm pretty sure it's just an indicator as to which group someone belongs to, something that's irrelevant since we don't use groups.
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Re: Karma
« Reply #5 on: June 08, 2006, 04:23:26 am »
I still want a -1

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Re: Karma
« Reply #6 on: June 08, 2006, 05:19:57 am »
That's funny. I understood what it meant right off the bat... Anyhow, who came up with it?
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Re: Karma
« Reply #7 on: June 08, 2006, 06:12:28 am »
*ahem*

Yeah. That one was my idea. Theres a whole bunch of Soldat-related 'ranks' depending on your post count. Like the old forum, but not military style. If you don't like the (1), just (unspammingly) get to 50 posts me'bucko.

The rest of the ranks can be a suprise for the patient.


As for Karma, we'll just have to see how it goes. It's in the forums but just not activated, and needs some graphics done for it first. Right now, if it was on, all you'd get is a + or - number under your avatar.... which is a bit poo.
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Re: Karma
« Reply #8 on: June 08, 2006, 06:15:14 am »
If we do use karma, I want to wait at least a couple weeks before enabling it.  I don't want to add yet one more new thing to the forums that people need to understand

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Re: Karma
« Reply #9 on: June 08, 2006, 09:52:07 pm »
Hopefully you do decide to go with it. Karma seems like it'd be a cool feature. I'm looking forward to seeing it in action... please don't end my dream. :P

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Re: Karma
« Reply #10 on: June 08, 2006, 10:01:21 pm »
I'm curious: how did they ruin it? As much as I love this community <3, I acknowledge that it's filled with a lot of twats, so I'd rather karma not be implemented if it's going to cause trouble.

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Re: Karma
« Reply #11 on: June 08, 2006, 10:25:34 pm »
Hmm...i still dont got it...whats karma?

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Re: Karma
« Reply #12 on: June 08, 2006, 10:28:32 pm »
Karma is like a rating of you by other users of the forum, if I give you good Karma because you make a valid post then you get +1, etc.

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Re: Karma
« Reply #13 on: June 08, 2006, 11:39:03 pm »
I will be likely to enable something like karma if the forums stay mature and kind and clean.  Already since moving, they feel like a much more mature place than the old ones were

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Re: Karma
« Reply #14 on: June 09, 2006, 12:50:32 am »
I still want a -1. Or an 888 or somthing

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Re: Karma
« Reply #15 on: June 09, 2006, 03:17:43 am »
dont worry you can have a -1762627683678 if you try hard enough :)
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Re: Karma
« Reply #16 on: June 09, 2006, 03:24:13 am »
I think its pointless and will do more bad than good.

Simply put, the effect a karma system is supposed to have will not happen on these forums because most people know eachother. Karma system is most effective where people dont necesarrily know every other person who is posting, so they will be more likely to be objective if that person makes a good/bad post. This is a pretty small community, so if someone doesnt like someone else, or someone likes someone else, they may just **** eachother without much regard of whether the other persons posts are great/good or bad.

However, I feel that a Thread Rating system should be implemented on these forums. This is once again a thing which is possible in SMF. Basically what it does is allow users to rate a thread from 1-5 stars, and then the rating will show up in the general forum where all the threads are listed, somewhere next to the threads name. I think this will encourage people to make more useful threads/posts and stuff like that.
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Re: Karma
« Reply #17 on: June 09, 2006, 03:26:09 am »
Yeah I agree with Poop, a thread rating system would be cool.

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Re: Karma
« Reply #18 on: June 09, 2006, 03:28:57 am »
However, I feel that a Thread Rating system should be implemented on these forums.

I've seen that before. No one ever uses it.

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Re: Karma
« Reply #19 on: June 09, 2006, 03:31:16 am »
A thread rating thing would be neat.  But i dont think karma would be that much of trouble for the forums. I mean in another soldat community forum, the karma stuff never really got in the way, and thatcommunity is smaller. But then you could say that most people in that forum are nice :|

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Re: Karma
« Reply #20 on: June 09, 2006, 03:32:50 am »
However, I feel that a Thread Rating system should be implemented on these forums.

I've seen that before. No one ever uses it.
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Re: Karma
« Reply #21 on: June 09, 2006, 03:36:56 am »
A thread rating system sounds awesome. People might actually stop to think about what they post. I can't imagine that it would go unused on these forums. Still, I support the karma system as well.

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Re: Karma
« Reply #22 on: June 09, 2006, 11:57:16 am »
I like this karma idea.

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Re: Karma
« Reply #23 on: June 09, 2006, 04:16:48 pm »
As far as we're on the subject, I'll make reference to this thread again. I'm not very enthusiastic about getting a karma or karm-like system running at the moment, because we have other things that take priority on the to-do list. However, if you're going to plan, I'll throw it in.

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Re: Karma
« Reply #24 on: June 09, 2006, 06:05:20 pm »
I can say from experience that thread rating systems never get used.  Maybe they will for the first couple days or week(s), but after that they're just taking up space

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Re: Karma
« Reply #25 on: June 09, 2006, 06:08:22 pm »
I can say from experience that thread rating systems never get used.  Maybe they will for the first couple days or week(s), but after that they're just taking up space

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Re: Karma
« Reply #26 on: June 09, 2006, 08:24:06 pm »
Topic rating systems can be used. It depends on the audience.

Despite this, I think a karma system would be way cooler.
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Re: Karma
« Reply #27 on: June 09, 2006, 08:38:53 pm »
Lets not adopt anything like roosterteeth.

Topic rating, Mod Points, Karma, Awards, Blogs, Friend lists.

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Re: Karma
« Reply #28 on: June 09, 2006, 10:54:50 pm »
I read through that thread, Kazuki, and I support the idea of only allowing people to give others positive reputation points. It would greatly help to prevent abuse of the system, and it would turn it less into a popularity contest and instead focus on the content of the person's post. By all means, implement a system such as that.

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Re: Karma
« Reply #29 on: June 09, 2006, 11:14:11 pm »
Hey hey, how about we actually use the karma feature first, and see what actually happens. We dont know whats gunna happen until it actually happens......we shouldn't come to any conclusions before it's even shown.


 If the karma feature turns out to have a problem when it is finally shown, then it would be the time for improvement.
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Re: Karma
« Reply #30 on: June 10, 2006, 09:49:01 am »
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I think its pointless and will do more bad than good.

Simply put, the effect a karma system is supposed to have will not happen on these forums because most people know eachother. Karma system is most effective where people dont necesarrily know every other person who is posting, so they will be more likely to be objective if that person makes a good/bad post. This is a pretty small community, so if someone doesnt like someone else, or someone likes someone else, they may just **** eachother without much regard of whether the other persons posts are great/good or bad.

However, I feel that a Thread Rating system should be implemented on these forums. This is once again a thing which is possible in SMF. Basically what it does is allow users to rate a thread from 1-5 stars, and then the rating will show up in the general forum where all the threads are listed, somewhere next to the threads name. I think this will encourage people to make more useful threads/posts and stuff like that.

One problem: People can vote low numbers for the people they hate, and rate highly for themselves (or thier friends) even if the post it idiotic
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Re: Karma
« Reply #31 on: June 10, 2006, 11:22:40 am »
Hey hey, how about we actually use the karma feature first, and see what actually happens. We dont know whats gunna happen until it actually happens......we shouldn't come to any conclusions before it's even shown.


 If the karma feature turns out to have a problem when it is finally shown, then it would be the time for improvement.

Actually, we do know. Back when Styx was still an active admin, b00sta created an external karma system. Basically, you would visit his website, which would have everybody who PM'ed him on it. People could vote you positively or negatively, and those votes would be presented by a tiny bar below your name. The thing is that it was nothing more than a popularity contest. Styx, Michal, b00sta, and Chakra were at the top, followed by us, the mods, and so on. It really wasn't that great.