Question About Karma

[Spike Angelus]

What happens if you put "disagree" instead of "agree"?

[Joyce Summers]

TERRRRRRRRRRRRRIBLE THINGS. (We're not supposed to talk about it).




I think it just takes Karma points away.

[nerd4hire]

I think it just takes Karma points away.

Yup, that's what happens all right. Who wants to volunteer for some negative Karma so we can double-check that. ;) j/k

[Rebecca]

I have a question about karma too, so I may as well just post it here!

How is it determined how many points are added/taken off when karma is given?

[Spike Angelus]

If you get points taken away, who gets them?

[~angelic slayer~]

Mod will have to verify this/give details, but as far as I knew the level of karma that you can give to others is based on your own karma and post count?

Could be wrong, but that's always what I understood it as. ???


And I don't think anyone "gets" the karma if you disagree with someone, I just think it's deleted into cyberspace. But again, mods will have to clear this one :)

[nerd4hire]

Mod will have to verify this/give details, but as far as I knew the level of karma that you can give to others is based on your own karma and post count?

Could be wrong, but that's always what I understood it as. ???


And I don't think anyone "gets" the karma if you disagree with someone, I just think it's deleted into cyberspace. But again, mods will have to clear this one :)

Cruel, but true. Click the negative karma and you send some of somebody's karma points into cyber space.

Sometimes I think some people are a little too cavalier about dishing out negative Karma. I sometimes wonder if losing karma points is even a good idea. It can lead to petty arguments.

The more Karma you have, the more points you can add, or subtract from somebody else. Check out how much you have in your control panel.

[nerd4hire]

alexa agrees: doesn't say in the UserCP anymore. Just what our total points are

I don't think it's ever shown how many Karma points you can give in the UserCP, has it? It's always been total points, as far as I remember. However in the old days everybody's Karma pointage was displayed in their posts. If one wanted to know the exact point power of their Karma they could check the current points of somebody, give them karma (positive, of course :)), refresh their browser then do the math.

Also, I imagine most people know about this one by now, but on any persons' post you'll see a number of green jewel icons below the user name part on the left. The more jewels, the more rep points that person has. If you run your cursor over those jewels you'll see categories are assigned for whatever level their Karma is at.

[Entiel]

then isn't it better to give positive karma(agree) and write that you disagree?in that way you show respect to the other person and you say freely your opinion without negative consequences...

[Edmund Blackadder]

then isn't it better to give positive karma(agree) and write that you disagree?in that way you show respect to the other person and you say freely your opinion without negative consequences...

I don't like that it is called Karma and that people put so much stock into it.

It should eb about agreeing or disagreeing with a post.

But then I only put 'disagree' when I really REALLY disagree

[Cangel]

I have another question. If I give karma to anyone, where does that come from? Is it like with the negative karma, that it ´just comes out of cyberspace, or does it get taken from anywhere else.
I saw another forum with karma once, but the whole system was different, I think. There you already got karma points for being online frequently

[GATEGOD]

I have disagreed with people three or four times and each time .. they got extremely upset :lmao: So If I do disagree with someone, now I just disagree with them in an *agreeing* comment.

[Keanoite]

Personally I don't think it is necessary to give negtive karma, all it achieves is causing agro...especially if its over something silly like Bangel vs Spuffy...there really is NO need to be karma b**ch slapping people cause you don't like their 'ship! So I would ALWAYS give the pos karma even if I disagree...

[Bangelxx]

I've never given diagreeing karma before and yeah, i think its best to disgree with agreeing karma like GG said

[Blondie Bear]

I've only given negative karma once, and it was because the person in question was being horrifically rude, not because I disagreed with him.

[Angels baby101]

Honestly i cant remember if i've given negitive karma or not....but honestly i dont see why it should be a huge arguement if you do give it out.....

I mean honestly Its just an added feature on the boards, I mean I'm not saying everyone should give it out but when someone does i dont see why it has to cause an arguement... but thats just me, Its like post counts Everyone makes a huge deal out of both and really there shouldn't be a huge battle over it we should all just be happy to have the boards to discuss things on... I'm not saying someone should go around constantly giving out Negitive Karma... But if you STRONGLY disagree with someone say they came on here and started an arguement and said something COMPLETELY out of line.... you better believe im gonna give them some negitive Karma, and i dont care if they get upset or not... Its just an add on of the site.... Sure its fun sometimes but i could totally live with out it i mean its not like my day is gonna be ruined if someone gives me negitive karma over something.... I just I dunno sorry Pregnancy Hormones acting up i just dont get why people fight over it?

[ILLYRIAN]

If I agree with a person, or I want to agree with something that person has said elsewhere I give them karma, if I disagree then I say so, as was mentioned before, in the case of strongly disagreeing then I'll put negative karma. In the event of a personal insult or a believed threat I put the person on my ignore list.

[Cangel]

In the event of a personal insult or a believed threat I put the person on my ignore list.

Not meaning to go off-topic but I don't know if this question is worth opening a new thread for: What happens when you put people on your ignore list? Is it just that they can't send you any private messages anymore or does it have other consequences? Like do you still read what they post or does that get blocked out?

[Bangelxx]

yeah, I've always wanted to know that too

[Lyri]

If you put someone on your ignore list, you can't read anything they post on the boards. The post is blocked, with a message telling you who the post was by, and reminding you that that person is on your ignore list, and in order to read the post you must take them off your ignore list.

I'm also pretty certain that members on your ignore list can't send you PM's, but I'm not sure how Karma fits into that.

[Spike Angelus]

Not meaning to go off-topic but I don't know if this question is worth opening a new thread for: What happens when you put people on your ignore list? Is it just that they can't send you any private messages anymore or does it have other consequences? Like do you still read what they post or does that get blocked out?

I've been wondering that too.

[Entiel]

since I'm new I didn't know that disagreeing gives negative karma so I disagreed a couple of times..forgive me <3

[Edmund Blackadder]

since I'm new I didn't know that disagreeing gives negative karma so I disagreed a couple of times..forgive me <3

Why should you be forgiven?

If you gave the neg rep because you disagreed with the post then you worked within the confines of its purpose.

The only thing that should be added is, although it doesn't particularly matter if you don't leave a comment if you agree, to disagree it would be impolite not to state the reason.

[Blondie Bear]

If you disagree, you HAVE to put in a reason. The board won't let you disagree without an explanation.

[Edmund Blackadder]

If you disagree, you HAVE to put in a reason. The board won't let you disagree without an explanation.

As my Karma shows you(I have just gone and given you the Karma back, FYI) you don't HAVE to leave a reason, just something typed in the box.

[Blondie Bear]

Alright, smartass, it's not like the board technology knows whether you entered something smart or not. But it won't let you NOT put something in there. :madtongue

[VisionGuy]

LMAO! at BOTD giving bad karma to prove a point. Anyway, I've only given negative karma when I really disagree with a person and I want their whole world to come crashing down. Because that's what happens when you get negative karma: your world shatters into a million pieces.

[Edmund Blackadder]

LMAO! at BOTD giving bad karma to prove a point. Anyway, I've only given negative karma when I really disagree with a person and I want their whole world to come crashing down. Because that's what happens when you get negative karma: your world shatters into a million pieces.

Before the whole board does the usual replacement of Karma lost because someone dared give negative Karma, I did replace what I took and then some in another thread to BB so she gained out of my little point:)

I'm not heartless.

The Karma system, don't get me wrong, I like - look at what level I am at, thats some decent love:) - I just don't agree with it being called Karma and to be honest, I mean if you disagree with something someone says, it isn't a negative thing, it just means you have a different opinion, however with the Karma system, you get the feeling it is vindictive.

Basically, in my opinion, you should either call it something else other than Karma OR get rid of negative Karma.

[Entiel]

it is just that as I said in my previous post even if I disagree I will write it but not give negative karma...that's why I apologised for giving bad karma cause back then I didn't know that by disagreeing I gave bad karma...Good karma to all BB members :)

[Buffanator]

*ahem*... :oops:

I didn't quite understand what the "karma" was all about... that is, I didn't realize it was directly tied into the agree/disagree scale. I don't ever want to send out "negative karma", so from now on, I'll just "agree" and then state in my agreement that I "disagree" with what the poster said.

[The Kinslayer]

I´ve managed to give one of my adoptees negative karma...

Still have no idea how it happened. I would never do anything like that on purpose. It was her third post so it´s not like I was off to a good start. But she was very forgiving about it. Still annoys me though. But at least I convinced someone to give her positive karma in the same post to even things out a little.

edit: Yes, I´m very, very evil. :)

[Lyri]

The last time this question came up, we discovered that negative karma takes away only one karma point. But how many positive karma points you give depends on how many karma points you yourself have.

It was easier to check when the Karma points were visible, but I offer myself as a guniea pig if anyone wants to test the theory.

[VisionGuy]

I don't see what the big deal is about negative karma. A lot of people take it personally.

[Lyri]

I don't see what the big deal is about negative karma. A lot of people take it personally.

Neither tdo I, but it matters to some people, so I thought facts would be good, lol.

[Blondie Bear]

I think the issue is it doesn't seem friendly. It's possible to disagree but be friendly, but something about the negative karma is extra hostile.

[VisionGuy]

Neither tdo I, but it matters to some people, so I thought facts would be good, lol.

LOL

That would have been funny.

I think the issue is it doesn't seem friendly. It's possible to disagree but be friendly, but something about the negative karma is extra hostile.

I remember a few years ago somebody used to give negative karma on purpose.

[Dlou444]

ghostface agrees: lets find out. i think it might kill you, im not too sure, but here goes

LMFAO! You made water come out my nose!