Making changes to how Karma works - we want your feedback.

[thelion2005]

My thoughts ...

(1) I always felt that karma was to be given, not horded. It was to go to a post or reply that was informative, supportive, clever or just plain funny. I'd still like to see "pure karma" for just that recognition.

(2) I observed that some posters made huge gains in karma and discovered (duh!) they gambled and won it. That's fun. However, I'd like to see 'chips" of some kind for that, not k.

(3) I also came to the conclusion that very few take a vow of karma poverty and is comfortable without some lower respectable amount. So, I'd like to see karma have a life of one year, then gone. This would make a much more level playing field.

(4) I'd like to see no controls on how much, how many times or to who I give k. If I find 10 posts/replys by one Member that deserve recogniton, I should be able to hit that person again and again.

 

[foreigngirl]

I think punishing us for giving K to a post is ridicilus. If so, I am not awarding ANY post ever again. THe AAS board cant catch up to the C&C? So what? What diference does it make? A lot of people from AAS come to post in C&C and a lot of members started out on the training boards and after all questions were answered, they had probably no reason to stay on EF. Well, except staying to have a bit fun on C&C and teh Bookie Forum, and our fun is playing with bombs and karma. GS gave it to us to use it.


If all this continues the way it does, I am seriously considering NOT renewing my plat in August.

 

[Quadsweeps Sister]

You could devise ways for larger amounts of Karma to be spent.

You could levy Karma taxes...accept in the "Elite World"...the rich could be more heavily taxed.

You could make it mandatory that after you reach so much Karma you must donate some or face losing it.

Anything but change number 6

I was going to say something like this as well, once a member reaches an exhorbitant amount of karma - they need to do good deeds with so much of it. And those who receive these good deeds may then visit more frequently resulting in more use of the site and maybe becoming Plat and its all one nice big happy circle.

 

[Raptorex]

Wow, thanks for the props GJ,

I just come here and try to enjoy the fun and meet some good people. I have met some really great ones, like you. However, to be honest, I don't have the stomach to be either a mod here or a chairman, I get bothered to easily by unfairness and people being intentionally hurtful.

I think I am a better mentor, than "official" ef person, but that is the way a chat board should go!

I agree with you, its not about the money, but how you value karma when giving it to others.

Again, I very much appreciate both your kind words and actions.

p.s. George, if you need a Mod on the solutions to hairloss board, count me in.

Thanks again GJ!

I would also like to clarify and append to the above post. I gave alot of karma away that I purchased with $$$ to Mightymouse69

WHY?

Because I feel that he is a great representative of the site and will point posters in the correct direction. MM should be on top of the food chain, period! I gave karma away to him as I felt that I was decling and not going to be a viable poster here. I didn't want to do a razorguns act and simply use my karms to plat bomb people. I would rather give it away to my man, who I KNOW will use it correctly. This was a great decision and he is now a millionare and my sacrafice has created someone else into the impression that he should be. I'm not sure why he isn't a chairman now...

Anyway,
Purchasing karma or some privledge has not put anyone on top. Why this is even being questioned is mind boggling to me.

 

[Behemoth]

I was going to say something like this as well, once a member reaches an exhorbitant amount of karma - they need to do good deeds with so much of it. And those who receive these good deeds may then visit more frequently resulting in more use of the site and maybe becoming Plat and its all one nice big happy circle.

Absolutely....Now thats a great idea...

They could be made to do things like buy plats for others...letting the others see the benefits of becoming plat...

 

[DBBT]

i think the entire idea of changing anything negatively per memberrr on this site, such as reducing karma or changing power of it etc, is flat out retarded. People PAY to be on this site and actually like benefits like karma and being able to hit with a higher power. This inflation BS is just that. Karma isn't money, yet people pay for it, lol. The only people that should be complaining about being bombed etc. are non plats, and to cure this they should go plat. Platinum members karma better not be messed with.

 

[gjohnson5]

i think the entire idea of changing anything negatively per memberrr on this site, such as reducing karma or changing power of it etc, is flat out retarded. People PAY to be on this site and actually like benefits like karma and being able to hit with a higher power. This inflation BS is just that. Karma isn't money, yet people pay for it, lol. The only people that should be complaining about being bombed etc. are non plats, and to cure this they should go plat. Platinum members karma better not be messed with.

Well you were in the running for the karma I spent money on...

You just proved to me why not giving that to you was also a good decision...

I don't think that plat member karma needs to be messed with , but I think that you spend more of your time on other boards then just C&C You should be rewarded for that. But you yourself are being penalized for not sitting on C&C and for some reason don't see that.

Peace out man!

 

[Quadsweeps Sister]

Absolutely....Now thats a great idea...

They could be made to do things like buy plats for others...letting the others see the benefits of becoming plat...

I did something like that because of a karma awarding thread. I gifted a plat to someone as the thread suggested and then by today had the karma back anyway from posting. If you post well and people like what they read from you, you do get karma in return.

I hope too many things don't get changed too much either. It took me ~ 2 years to earn the karma I have...slowly. While I do post in C&C, I also enjoy and visit the other forums as well. There is a place here for everyone and I don't think people in one forum (ie; C&C) should be 'penalized' just because that is where they like to post. I hope the karma hit system doesn't get changed too much either as I like the way it works.

I really think the people who post here on EF frequently 'know' who provides quality information - whether someone has alot of karma or not, most of the time I know where to look for good information. whether you have a crown or not, it shouldn't matter as all one needs to do is read the post reply.

I don't have many more suggestions about the cure for karma inflation, sorry.

 

[the-short-one]

I thought I dispelled this one...
Noone has gotten 9 mil karma by buying it in the karma store,
Nor has anyone gotten 9mil karma simply by buying a chairman membership.

If this were the case , then I'd have 2x karma then everyone else, and it's obvious that I don't

I wasn't refering to COTB's. I was refereing to this:

who came up with the idea to raise the hits you could give per day from 5 to 20 now up to 30?
who came up with the idea to increase everyones k power by including things like join date and post count, it used to be determined by k total
who came up with the idea to let plat members hit other members up to 110%?
who came up with the idea to lower the spread number from 40 to 15?
who came up with the idea to allow members to transfer their karma to another members account?and you wonder where karma inflation came from?
the answer is admin
you created this monster and now you are complaining about how the members use it?

 

[nycgirl]

Well you were in the running for the karma I spent money on...

You just proved to me why not giving that to you was also a good decision...

I don't think that plat member karma needs to be messed with , but I think that you spend more of your time on other boards then just C&C You should be rewarded for that. But you yourself are being penalized for not sitting on C&C and for some reason don't see that.

Peace out man!

I agree with your posts on this subject.

Why not create a whole seperate site dedicated to Karma (or its equivalent) and playing games with it? They have to have a "plat-like" membership to join. Create a Casino forum, a Stock market forum, etc., etc. People can use the K (or its equivalent) to purchase things like they do with tokens at arcade establishments. Members with Plat memberships on this site, can play games there without having to buy a membership.