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The 'Karma' Feature

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SoulRevenge:
If I'm not mistaken, we all know what Karma is. You get another one if someone nuzzles you, ya lose one when they bite,...

Well, I have a positive and negative opinion about this. I suppose I'll begin with the Positive though XDD.


The number of Karma on a user may show that they're rather trust-worthy and popular within the forums. It also usually means that they are expirienced members which are usually able to help you if you have any problems.

Now, this is the downside of the whole feature- the negative part.



Low Karma, such as anything beyond -5 actually, may show a bad impression on another user. While, without this feature you could take the time to learn to know this member, then 'judge' them, now with the feature still intact most people would just glance at they're Karma, and judge them by that number.



I wasn't sure weither or not to put this in the Input box- I probaly should of but I'm not exactly sure, but this is my opinion on the Karma feature.

Really, what I'm saying is that I want it gone, or, this would also please the people that use the feature and enjoy it-

Possibly letting one have the ability to disable and able it? Disabling it would make your Karma invisable to other users, until you able it.

Redlinelies:
This discussion have been up several times on the forum in the past, but also the same suggestion has been given. The problem with this suggestion that it's not possible to set up due to limited customization. Either it's opt in, or out for everyone. We even had a forum poll a while back asking if we should keep it or not, and as it seemed then even with the issues we used to have, users voted for.

Now I do understand why some would want this function removed, and it could be due to abuse and no one would really want to have negative karma on their profile, but in all honesty this issue of users abusing the karma system has been drastically reduced due to some recent changes of who and when you are able to bite/nuzzle.

There has been some discussions(more for funsies), to change this whole karma idea to another word like "Floof" just to change the meaning around some making it less familiar back in the users head. But as it goes with any sort of gain/loss function in general, users want and feel good if they manage to get that little nuzzle, but it's always something.

In general I can see just as many users unhappy with it gone as those that might not like it around and in person, I'd be a bit conservative regarding this since we've been running this function since the launch of the forum and it has gotten a lot better compared to how it used to look.

liomangeoleo:
i always kive a "nuzzle" karma to members in the intro section that intro themselves and they took the time to try to mingle and get to know the community and i applaude them for that

Moonwolf678:
Well I think I set the world record for most negative karma In feral heart. It's still dropping! I'm hated by so many people! Heck yeah! i would love the karma thing removed! its making people judge me!

RawSyndicate:
Oi yes, i totally agree with this idea, as you can see i have low karma, and all ive done is help people xD I do not think there is a way people can shut it off... although, they may be able to set the karma to make sure it cant go lower then 0. This could solve some problems within the forums. ^^

~Rawy

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