Karma

[bja888]

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.

[n00bface]

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.

[xurich]

Any idea on when karma might be coming? :o

[bja888]

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.

[JayBee]

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.

[bja888]

I still want a -1

[ElephantHunter]

That's funny. I understood what it meant right off the bat... Anyhow, who came up with it?

[Chakra]

*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.

[FliesLikeABrick]

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

[xurich]

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.

[xurich]

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.

[swebonny]

Hmm...i still dont got it...whats karma?

[edak]

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.

[FliesLikeABrick]

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

[bja888]

I still want a -1. Or an 888 or somthing

[kingkitty]

dont worry you can have a -1762627683678 if you try hard enough

[Poop]

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.

[Yukwunhang]

Yeah I agree with Poop, a thread rating system would be cool.

[bja888]

However, I feel that a Thread Rating system should be implemented on these forums.

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

[kingkitty]

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

Still, i want to see whos the most popular damnit!