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Subject: Wondering about the karma system
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  • last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT

I guess I'd like to know what criteria a mostly automatic system could possibly go by to rate a user as good. The means to rate a user as bad are obvious, when banned or a topic is locked, they could get minus points. But to rate a user as good would require a fairly large amount of criteria to go by, and a lot more processing power. Not to mention there are those that like to beat such systems by figuring out what makes them tick.

I must be missing something, because it seems to me that it would require a reasoning, logical mind to determine someone's merit.

I just don't like the idea of separating people based on a level of karma. Everyone would know who these people were, unless you were to only subtly reward them, but what subtle reward could possibly be important enough to merit an entire fully automated karma system?

P.S. Hell, why not let everyone rate everyone for a week and see what happens, just for kicks. Might be amusing. :D

[Edited on 9/12/2005]

  • 09.12.2005 2:17 PM PDT

I'll be on my own side.

Anton brings up a very good point. It's a huge burden on the mods to be able to give out karma when necessary, and their inboxes will be flooded with kissass PM's.

Which brings me to another idea of having the option of not accepting PM's, which in turn prevents people from alerting them to spam/flame wars via PM. Dammit! Everything has a major problem with it. Hopefully Achronos can work it all out.

[Edited on 9/12/2005]

  • 09.12.2005 5:11 PM PDT

It was a cold day near the southern base in Blood Gulch. Cortana and I were relaxing over a game of Go Fish, WHEN OUT OF NO WHERE 700 BANSHEES CAME FLYING IN!!! I GRABED MY SPARTAN LASER AND LET HELL REIGN DOWN UPON THEM. I HOPPED IN THE NEAREST WARTHOG AND TOLD CORTANA TO GET IN.

Perhaps the Mods appoint Karma Mods, who can only give out Karma? A place to send the PMs instead of to the mods. Theser guys will just be normal users able to give out Mod Karma.

  • 09.12.2005 7:49 PM PDT

I'll be on my own side.

And what exactly would entitle someone to that privelige?

  • 09.12.2005 7:50 PM PDT