New forum features: Karma and “Thank You”

[(TLL)Sky_walker]

Bring back negative karma! I want be so special too!

[(TLL)martinroshak]

So, if we don't like Redvan's posts, we should give him positive karma instead...? 

Wasn't serious people!  WASN'T SERIOUS!!!  Let's let the man enjoy his negativity.

:facepalm:  -28

what's wrong with this world...

Redvan, I feel sympathy.  I didn't give you any karma in the slightest

[(TLL)KitLightning]

Bring back negative karma! I want be so special too!

What purpose does it have if your not able to see who gave what, and the reason behind it!

[Redvan]

Bring back negative karma! I want be so special too!

What purpose does it have if your not able to see who gave what, and the reason behind it!

it's awesome!  doth one need more purpose than that?

[(TLL)Sky_walker]

Exactly!
Screw the reasons! Long live the awesomeness!

[(TLL)KitLightning]

The system fails that it can be abused by anyone with Administrative access.

It fails that it can be abused by your friends pumping your Karma since no reply is enforced on the Karma giver nor a link to the post the Karma was given for, e.g. as the Thank You.

It fails since no one in here has any idea when and why Karma/Smite has a reasonable ground to be awarded to anyone.

[7.[WD]Poldi]

I'm totally with you Kit! Nice feature but right now too many ways to abuse it.

[(TLL)Sky_walker]

Make it only usable one time for a single user - something like "I like that guy" or "I don't" Problem solved.

[Alexander]

I was slightly concerned that, what with my "Asshole opinionated loudmouth jerk" attitude, I'd point out one too many flaws in one of the many "Special needs" posts on this forum, and end up with a "Minus a BILLION" karma

Then I realised that it doesn't matter jack shit, and would be good for many lols 8D

[7.[WD]Poldi]

well that would cut a lot of the abusive abilities, but I still prefer the idea to know what exactly has been applauded and smited and by who (although I know it might be some work to do that and will generate a lot of data probably)

[Redvan]

abuse

IS AWESOME!!!!

also, applauding is just as abusable, so remove that too, we should all just stay where we currently are

[(TLL)Sky_walker]

Another idea:
As far as I remember Karma has built-in time-delay, so if I double-applaud Kit I'll get "Sorry, you can't repeat a karma action without waiting 1 hours." message.

Increase the time delay to 672 hours (that's a month).

This way if people gonna try abusing it - it will be be only one vote per month, so no big harm done. While the system would still play the role of indicator of who people like and who they don't (cause that's what it suppose to be I guess, opposite to "Thank you" which shows how helpful the guy was) Cause currently the Karma system is only yet another indicator on how old member you are - it's quite obvious that older members got more Karma and newer got less. Karma also duplicates the Thank You system - last... 6? Karma points I got were given to me along with Thank You so I have no idea what for this is anyway....

Perhaps remove Karma at all than? If there's no negative Karma and it duplicates other stuff we have already? 

What you think guys?

[~SJ~ Blhurr]

Well what I would like is that applauding or thanking a post created an autoreply in the thread in which the thanking  took place, referencing the post that was the source of appreciation.  No text would need to be typed by the thanker but the thankee would get some feedback.

[Janne]

I think that this "Thank you" -feature is enough to point out that someone has made an excellent writing or so .... and you can see "recieved" and "given" thanks above you avatar.
Why should we an mark on if someone is being jackass