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Post by Wizz on Jan 4, 2006 12:40:54 GMT -5
I just noticed this thing under the left side of the users post, where the avatar is and all that, just below Location there is something like:
Karma:0
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Karma:11 [Smite] [Exahale]
Whats all this about?
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Post by Dante on Jan 4, 2006 12:54:36 GMT -5
Karma is a rating of sorts that others on the forum give you--someone can increase or decrease your karma using the "exalt" or "smite" links on your profile or posts. It seems you can only do that once per hour; if you exalt or smite someone the links on everyone's profiles/posts vanish for a while. It's just being tested out for a while, I think, to see if people want it or not.
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Post by s on Jan 4, 2006 13:15:52 GMT -5
Karma:11 [Smite] [Exahale] Hee hee. Exhale.
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Post by Wizz on Jan 4, 2006 15:39:41 GMT -5
LOL, thanks for the spelling correction...i knew something was wrong.
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Post by BSam on Jan 4, 2006 16:32:34 GMT -5
hmm, let's see, should i send a bolt of lightning down to this person? erasing them from the face of this earth?
nah, i'll let them breath out for a little bit instead
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Post by s on Jan 4, 2006 16:41:55 GMT -5
Well...it's actually supposed to be exalt (which means acclaim) rather than exhale (which means to breathe out).
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Post by BSam on Jan 4, 2006 16:50:20 GMT -5
oh, that's no fun, it's better to be able to restrict peoples breathing privelages
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Post by s on Jan 4, 2006 16:57:06 GMT -5
Heh. That's true.
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Post by Gigi on Jan 4, 2006 17:09:04 GMT -5
So Smite should be Smother?
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Post by BSam on Jan 4, 2006 17:13:50 GMT -5
no, it should stay as smite so that i can pretend that the past tense of it is Smut
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Post by Alfred is Present on Jan 6, 2006 18:23:30 GMT -5
But what happens if you get a point, or if there's this Smite/Exalt thing?
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Post by Brntn on Jan 6, 2006 19:33:13 GMT -5
Karma, is much like reputation, people can give you bad reputation or good reputation,and its usually a good way to find out if somebody is a helpful member (eg: if they have 500 karma).
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Post by Sugary Snicket on Jan 7, 2006 10:31:01 GMT -5
I think it's a bad idea and a bad influence, just because it can cause arguements about "hey, who just smited me?" "everyone hates me...." and because it gives people the power to pick on people that they don't like, without using words so that they don't get in trouble with the mods. I think that we should get rid of it, and not just because I'm upset with having -6 karma.
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Post by twistedbrain on Jan 8, 2006 14:16:43 GMT -5
It was supposed to be just a trial period, and anyway, you now have 3 karma.
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Post by PJ on Jan 8, 2006 19:19:56 GMT -5
I think it's pretty lame, actually. I don't like it. So do we get to vote on it in a poll, or something?
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