you can both give and get karma from other ef'ers. if others like what you have to say then they'll hit you up with karma and approve the message. if they dont then you'll get negative karma. the purpose is to weed out the idiots that waste everybodies time on here asking the same stupid f*cking ?'s over and over or source posting. You give karma to someone who lets say, ahmm, answers your questions on karma for instance. you just click on the little ying-yang symbol on the bottom left of their name and approve with a statement or disapprove. you build up karma and buy things in the karma store like bombs to shut people down on the board for certain amounts of time like 24hrs. Also you can gamble your karma to get or lose more karma in the casino. i understand how you feel because i too didnt have a clue as to karma when I got here. stick around and read before you ask and you'll build up karma quickly. also, go plat and you get more karma from the man himself, George Spellwin as a gift. Also the search features will be opened up for you too. It's worth it!! while I've explained it to you now you should try it out. on me of course!! hope this helps and welcome to the best board I've seen around!!