Red Karma - What Plans?

[blut wump]

I think very few members are happy about the current state of affairs with Red K, neither those feeling that it's the only way to spread nor those on the receiving end of gratuitous bombs crapping on their user panel.

The site seems to be in a quandary how to resolve this issue so post up your suggestions.

I'd suggest, firstly, that Red comes from your stash just the same as Green does. I can't think of any good reason that Red should be free other than bombing spammers. Since we have the "Report Bad Post" icon and everyone is now accustomed to highlighting posts or has disabled the 'owned.gif', anyway, this is no longer a good reason.

Related to this is the aspect of spreading and Karma taxation.

Currently, non-Plats pay a 50% tax on making a Green Hit: only half of what they lose reaches the recipient. The Store only charges 30%. The extra is unreasonable and yet another inhibition on hitting.

Removing having to spread has been suggested as desirable by many members. I'd suggest putting the 10% tax on hits and removing the need to spread.

In conjuction with this, I'd like to see the tax on Red hits, assuming they'd then be charged for, increased to closer to 90%, if possible.


Post your suggestions. Let's try to get this system functional for everyone.

Edit:
I'd also suggest that, besides the 90% taxation on bombs, there be no variable percentage. If you really want to bomb someone then it ought to hurt the sender.

Further Edit:
For those feeling they need to spread Red until the system changes again, please take a look at this thread:
No Need to Spread Red - Use The Casino

 

[Ozz2001]

I think the red bombs are so stupid,whats really the point of it all? Its like ill red him hes cool WTF most know there all ready cool...Everyone thats red me has never event gave my green in a year.Just a reason to bomb people is all it is.
Truely shows how boring the site as become when people start doing dum shit to amuse themselfs. Hell i know less just black out all the cool people for like a week just because theres nothing better to do on here...Now if that sounds stupid to you,then you see my point!

 

[blut wump]

Agreed, it's not helping any sense of community here.

 

[heatherrae]

I concur with ozzy. I'm a grown gal who cares little for the HS antics, and the constant bombs just make it hard to read around here.

Moreover, all anyone ever talks about is the state of affairs on green and red f'in dots. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. I gotta wonder what a man has in his pants when his form of amusement is repeatedly bombing the same person a million times or bombing every non-plat they can find with such clever notes as "good bro bomb."

Damn, read a newspaper or go see a movie some of you so we have something interesting/fun to talk about.

Let's get real, too. I'm sure lots of us, including myself, post on lots of other bulletin boards that are free. So, how does someone get a larger paying customer database when they run a website? CONTENT! That's how. You have to have fresh, current, and frequently updated CONTENT -- not green f'in DOTS. I could afford plat or even COB if I saw any benefit to protecting green dots, but I don't. GS, you better win me over with CONTENT. I don't just throw money away for dot protection...lol. COB would be around $75 dollars/month. For that sort of moolah, you better have content I couldn't get anywhere else and maybe a gift certificate for Blut Wump to give me a pedicure or something. ;-)

 

[bran987]

we're werkin' on it

 

[reno240]

I concur with ozzy. I'm a grown gal and the constant bombs just make it hard to read around here.

Moreover, all anyone ever talks about is the state of affairs on green and red f'in dots. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. I gotta wonder what a man has in his pants when his form of amusement is repeatedly bombing the same person a million times or bombing every non-plat they can find with such clever notes as "good bro bomb."

Damn, read a newspaper or go see a movie some of you so we have something interesting/fun to talk about.

Let's get real, too. I'm sure lots of us, including myself, post on lots of other bulletin boards that are free. So, how does someone get a larger paying customer database when they run a website? CONTENT! That's how. You have to have fresh, current, and frequently updated CONTENT -- not green f'in DOTS. I could afford plat or even COB if I saw any benefit to protecting green dots, but I don't. GS, you better win me over with CONTENT. I don't just throw money away for dot protection...lol.

Clean your box out woman!

 

[heatherrae]

LOL...okay.

 

[hamstershaver]

I gotta wonder what a man has in his pants

not much here

 

[heatherrae]

not much here

oh, baby, you are hung like a hamster. you stud. lol.

 

[blut wump]

Personally, the blackouts don't bother me since I've blocked the 'owned' image. Browsing the site and seeing the grubby, little red-K bombs where someone has daubed on another member's user panel just from a sense of sociopathic self-interest is very offensive to me, though.

It makes the site feel unpleasant in a dirty, perverted manner as though the site is tolerating members spitting in other member's faces and is an issue that needs to be dealt with asap.