Is there any really point in karma. Its like warning in aim, no one pays attention to it.. This will probly get locked and lots of mad questions and thingies.. MAY SHARP ROCKS FALL ON YOUR HEAD!
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True. True. True. But there is a point. If you get slaped because your spaming and such you should pay attention.... Anyways I belive the FAQ's explane it better that I can.
Jager
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Flame wars are wrong. So why are they so much fun?!?
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Not to mention that enough karma slaps (-10) and the offender is banned from the boards for their bad behavior.
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Yes that is right... Well I'm going to quote the Web board Guidelines if I can find it...
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General Guidelines:
*Using the web boards is a privilege, not a right. If you behave in an unacceptable manner, you may find your posts deleted, or even your account closed down and banned from the web boards entirely. Do not blame Ambrosia Software, Inc. or the moderators if you own behavior causes you to be exiled from the web boards.-
Read the web boards for a bit before you post anything. This helps you to get an understanding of the culture of the web board. Each individual web board has its own group of regulars, and its own culture/norms.
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The golden rule your parents and your kindergarten teacher taught you was pretty simple: Do unto others as you'd have others do unto you. Imagine how you'd feel if you were in the other person's shoes. Stand up for yourself, but try not to hurt people's feelings.
When posting:
Remember that the people you're talking to are human beings whose culture, language, and humor have different points of reference from your own. Remember that date formats, measurements, and idioms may not travel well. Be especially careful with sarcasm.-
Postings should be brief and to the point. Don't wander off-topic, don't ramble and don't post messages solely to point out other people's errors in typing or spelling. These, more than any other behavior, mark you as an immature beginner.
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Read all of a discussion in progress (we call this a thread) before posting replies. Avoid posting "Me Too" messages, where content is limited to agreement with previous posts.
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If there is a FAQ available for the web board you're posting to, read it first. It very well may contain the answer to the question you're about to post, getting you a solution much more quickly than posting to the web boards might (and withou t annoying the web board regulars with common questions).
Wait overnight to send emotional responses to messages. If you have really strong feelings about a subject, indicate it via FLAME ON/OFF enclosures. For example: (FLAME ON) This type of argument is not worth the bandwidth it takes to send it . It's illogical and poorly reasoned. The rest of the world agrees with me. (FLAME OFF) -
Don't get involved in flame wars. Neither post nor respond to incendiary material.
Now I took some out of there but that is some of the most important rules. Maybe I missed some.. If you want them all you can go (url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/guidelines.html") Here(/url)
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Opps. Here is the Karma One
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Karma is a measure of a person's standing on the web boards; 0 is neutral, negative is bad, positive is good. Everyone starts with neutral (0) Karma. Moderators can warn (lower karma) or praise (raise karma) people based on their posts. If your Karma has been affected by a moderator, you will be eMailed the details of why your Karma was affected, and by whom. If Karma becomes too negative (-10 or worse), that person is banned from the web boards until a moderator raises their Karma.
Jager
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Flame wars are wrong. So why are they so much fun?!?
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Origilly posted by rabidrodents:
Is there any really point in karma. Its like warning in aim, no one pays attention to it..Yes. It's mostly a way to get annoying people who continually annoy the rules off the boards by karma banning them. Some people will also use positive karma as a way of judging members, even though it really means very little. The number of positive karma points in particular isn't that important, until you get to about 14 - those people are worth paying attention to. But really, positive karma is more of an internal thing.
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Origi probly get locked and lots of mad questions and thingies..(/b)
That is the usual reaction to karma topics, true.
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Origiy rabidrodents:
MAY SHARP ROCKS FALL ON YOUR HEAD!We love you too.
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Personally, I usually glance at a person's post number : Karma point ratio and then read their post, mostly out of curiosity as to whether they live up to their statistics or not. A few members who are nowhere above mediocre in their helpfullness and kindness have very high karma while some who contribute a lot and are general very genial have relatively low karma points. It is not really a good way to judge people, and is pretty much pointless until you start slipping into lower numbers.
Personally, I don't see karma good for anything but making people angry. Some feel they are slapped unjustly, and perhaps they were (ahem :p), while others complain that some are getting way more than they deserve. The solution: Judge people by their content of their posts and not their karma. (And whether they type, "you" or "u" :))
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I would never say U. only You.... Anyways I;m sure when a mod sees this it will be locked. I'm very inpressed though that no one has came in here flaming... I gess they read my posts with the rules..*wink *wink
as ares1 sayed do not judge people by there karma or there post count. Only by what they say (I would say and the way they act. but that isn't as apparent) so karma doesn't do much. but it gives you a warning before getting yor IP band.
Jager
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Yeah those mods probly are surfing or playing evn
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Here's my opinion of karma:
It's a nice warning system.
I (and most other mods) use karma to warn people of inappropriate behavior. Karma boosting nice people is all well and fine, but it doesn't really mean anything. I don't boost for every little good thing I see, just when someone has been extra helpful (for example, I've boosted Light's karma because he was working his ass off trying to keep something resembling order on the Nova board).
Basically, the only karma ratings that matter are -10 and "blessed". The first means that you're banned, the second means that that person should not be pissed off.
Anyway, since I think everything that should be said has been said, iLock.
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