This is actually a good point brought up. The last thing we need is this place to end up like BB or some other negative boards....those boards were at one time decent, but now it's just a infestation of negative attitudes, bad posts, immature posters, people bombing, giving out negative reps, points, karma, or whatever.
I wasn't really sure how the whole Karma system worked out in the first place....I do WAY more reading than I do posting, so it appears that I am less knowledgable than some people who is replying to every post....but that's not the case.
Overall, I give out good Karma to intelligent, and well thought out posts with helpful information....I don't even really care if I lose Karma in the process I guess. I don't give out bad K, I believe in making one post letting that person know that what they said or are doing wrong and then leave it be. The more people reply to bad posting just keeps that post bumped for more people to see.
I don't plan on leaving EF anytime soon, because it's still a decent board and I get great information here; but I don't think I'll be going Platinum anytime soon either.....place could still use some brushing up. Cheers, fellas...
~Alc