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I feel that sometimes it is abused, and it is becoming more and more obvious as new users join this site. So I would like to discuss a cap that a user can give karma in, say five points up or down karma in a day.

Well, these are my two cents; karma really doesn't matter. (Correct me if I'm wrong) I usually just do it when I think something is funny, or when there is a troll. (Look at the karma rape from Zachu2uber) Unless it affects us, then it really doesn't need a cap from my point of view.

Edit: Maybe a cap from how much you can get/lose from a single post, but I don't think a limit on how many a day is necessary.

(Edit once more: HT is an awesome nickname)

I don't know. If karma actually did something then yea… otherwise I like HT's idea.

karma really doesn't affect much, I thought it was just an in depth way to show what users say cock noodles the most…

Marimba's karma. It makes no sense.

inb4 joke about how much Karma I have.

Quick everyone! Upvote Skankin Streetlights post!

On-Topic: Uhm, I'm basically a new member, but I always thought karma was a fun addition. I think there are problems with both Skankin Street's & HT's "solutions."

-Limiting the amount of karma you get is just not fair D:< (maybe i feel this way though, because I've benefited from it)

-And limiting the amount of karma you give isn't good. I visit the forums a lot. If I see a 6 hilarious posts and can only give away 5, that's not fair.

I guess karma is being abused, but its a system already in place that I don't think can be improved too much :/

Here is how it works. Negative Karma to somthing offensive. Possitive Karma to everything Mellow posts. Its that simple.

@ILuVKDyEr
I think that is truly the only option.

@Ogreenworld
I was thinking the limit could only be +/- 15 Karma. There have been some serious karma rapes, but I think you may be right.

I got 816 karma, soon I will over throw mellow.

@Sweatie, then you will be a true KYM legend. But first…. You must get though me. Puts leather gloves on

We've discussed this on IRC a few times. I like what LiveFyre has done with their karma system.
(From the article)

In order to dish out a down vote, you give up one of your own points. This is how they will stop commenters from flaming other commenters, Kretchmer says.

When you downvote a post, you give up one of your karma points. In this way, users will be more considerate with their downvoting because they know that they'll be giving up their own karma. This also removes the competitive element from the karma system and refocuses it on its original purpose--to give the users a way to remove unhelpful or unnecessary posts.
I know that some of you will disagree, but this would certainly get rid of the abuse problem.

i reckon the amount of downs to hide a post should be lower

@Shadowfury

thats got a flaw, people who dont care too much will just start karma wars.

@Shadow

YOU GUYS ARE GIVING UP YOUR KARMAS ON ILuVKDyEr!!!

OMFG NOT MY PRECIOUS KARMAS OH GOD NOT THE DOWNVOTES NO GOD NOOOOOOOOOOO

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So I herd you liek karma.

Say someone posts fifty posts, 49 of which suck horribly. Each of these 49 posts recieve -5 Karma. The one other post is just fantastic, and it gets 20 Karma. That person's profile will say they have 20 Karma. Inaccurate. Karma's got two sides. I say we count downvotes. Otherwise, it's like a YinYang with one side.

I for one don't want to be a plain ol' Yang. It sounds nasty.

EDIT: Fix'd, I'm on a laptop

I just say we get rid of karma entirely, since it just an opinion of a person anyways.

^ Okay, 39 posts receive -5, one gets 20, but what about the remaining ten?

I agree with this idea.

Imo, we need to remove Karma and then, we'll need another feature to hide bad posts.

I say we keep Karma. The system in place works just fine as long as nobody hacks it. However I think that adding in taking away Karma because of downvotes is a bad idea, as trolls may take advantage of that.

"The system in place works just fine as long as nobody hacks it"
Since messing around has similar effects as hacking, it will happen all the time.

Let's apply your logic to Bush's removal of the assault rifle ban.
"Unbanning assault rifles works just fine as long as nobody abuses it"
People in Arizona and the other border states abuse it, and drug dealers in those areas are able to arm themselves with those.
I.E. Too many bad things can and will happen.

I find it really ironic that we're all getting karma here.

@Snorlax

Not all of us… D:

I got possitive and some negetive for no reason lol. Karma……. How does it wukk?

@Ogreenworld

@Tenshi-chan

1270 karma god your worse than mellow.

The taking away of Karma is pointless unless you can go into the Neg., if the least you can get is 0 Karma, then who cares, because at a point you'll just look like someone who has been a member but never posts at all.