Karma

Frank 013 · Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 3:22 pm Post subject:

Somehow I got 2 karma (or is it karmas?) I am not sure if this is a moderator thing of if someone gave me the karma.

At any rate it is a cool new feature.

Use it wisely everyone.

Later

Ophelia · Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:34 pm Post subject:

Why not try and see where this new idea leads?

For the moment, the following quote is just too hard to resist:

Wink

Constance963 · Intern Joined: 20 Nov 2007 Posts: 153 Gender:

This Karma thing is interesting. I must assign my karma carefully if I only get one per day Very Happy

Penelope · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:24 pm Post subject:

Mr P said:-

Man...If we had this years ago, I wonder just HOW negative my Karma would be! Although, knowing me, I would do all I could to keep the negatives coming once provoked.

You said 'Man' - therefore you are an old hippy bod!!

I have just given you a +Karma - just to accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative - Dude! Cool

Constance963 · Intern Joined: 20 Nov 2007 Posts: 153 Gender:

To everyone who has "Karma'd" me...Thank you! May good Karma rain down upon you Very Happy

saudama · Eligible to vote! Joined: 01 Mar 2008 Posts: 12 Gender:

I have been in several communities, some of which have karma. The major problem with such a system is that some members may be generally disliked by a group of active members, get a large negative karma count. This is a serious turn off to such individuals which have left the site.

Don't get me wrong, he wasn't a mean bastard. He was just generally disliked by a handful of members who logged in everyday, and decided to focus on degrading his karma by 5 to 10 everyday. Even his good posts didn't help him bring the karma back up, so he left.

Just a cautionary tale for the rest of us if we want other communities to stay active.

Mr. Pessimistic · Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 8:37 am Post subject:

Ophelia · Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 8:53 am Post subject:

Yes, Mr P, I'd come to the same conclusion, but thanks Saudama for mentioning this.

I hadn't even thought that the "minus" sign for karma could be used, so maybe this is something to keep in mind as needing watching in case some friction occurs in the future.

Chris OConnor · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:45 pm Post subject:

While I love the new Karma feature you guys are going to be seeing much more soon. There are many new "mods" that have been added, yet not made available to members. The Karma mod actually works in conjunction with the "cash" mod. The cash mod is a way members can earn community currency, which I believe we are going to simply call "credits." Until I fully understand how to use some of these new mods that will remain disabled.

We also have an entire encyclopedia system installed, but not yet activated. It will be called the "BookTalk Wiki," and it is the exact same software employed by Wikipedia.com. So we will have our own wikipedia system right on BookTalk. Select members will be able to add book reviews, essays, links, definitions, author interview transcripts, and much more.


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