[nodisharmony]

When Karma was first introduced on 29/5/07, it became a massive thing and most members were talking about the positives and the negatives of having it.

(+ Karma is lovely)

(- Karma is NOT )

1) But, how have you found it, now you are all used to it?

2) Do you have it switched (Off) like I chose to do & just don't have a need for it?

3) Or, do you really love it and it really works for you?

4) Any stories that you would like to tell about it?







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[Billy]

I switched it off cos I went from 5 to -7 Lol .. But i like it better off

[.x.x.laura.x.x.]

somebody gave me -karma last night, i wont be naming any names but it rhymes with brat

[Lauren]

Switched it off instantly and have never looked back.

[Captain.Remy]

I don't use it since the beginning, I knew it was a bad idea and it still a bad idea. It's a stupid idea to rate the members, I hope some didn't take it in a bad way and don't feel incomfortable about that. It's just a popular contest, TIBB disapointed me a little bit by this, I thought it was more intelligent than that stupid karma.
But I still love TIBB for sure !

After that speech, it's time to give me some karma guys !!!

[nodisharmony]

Originally posted by Lauren
Switched it off instantly and have never looked back.

That is what I did Lauren, as I knew immediately that mine would go down, no matter what I posted






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[stacey]

i didn't like it i thought people abused it and didnt use it for the right reasons thats why i turned mine off

[Matt]

I switched it off about five days after it was introduced.

[Meerkat]

Originally posted by x-stacey-x
i didn't like it i thought people abused it and didnt use it for the right reasons thats why i turned mine off

Same here, too many people abused it..............

[nodisharmony]

Originally posted by Matt
I switched it off about five days after it was introduced.

Why did you turn it off Matt?






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[Dan_]

I turned mine off a while back because I felt it was a pointless system in the end,whilst the majority were sensible with it there were others who'd just take points off, for little or no reason.

[Mrluvaluva]

Only 1 member (sorry 2 now) has got it turned on in this thread. It doesn't mean anything. Can someone tell me the point of it?

[nodisharmony]

Originally posted by Dan_
I turned mine off a while back because I felt it was a pointless system in the end,whilst the majority were sensible with it there were others who'd just take points off, for little or no reason.

I bet you wished you could know what the admin's know about who took them off you Dan_?

That sort of information could cause all kind of problems with members.

But I am sure that many are happy. It is done on other forums and it has worked, so why not this one?






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[Dan_]

Originally posted by nodisharmony

I bet you wished you could know what the admin's know about who took them off you Dan_?

That sort of information could cause all kind of problems with members.

But I am sure that many are happy. It is done on other forums and it has worked, so why not this one?






nodisharmony

I'm not overly bothered to be honest, not much to achieve from knowing who it was.Quite possibly someone totally irrelevant to me.

I'd say maybe opinions are more diverse on here and rather than challenge the post with a well thought out reply to disagree, the easier option for some is to just sneakily take a karma point off.

[nodisharmony]

Originally posted by Dan_

I'm not overly bothered to be honest, not much to achieve from knowing who it was.Quite possibly someone totally irrelevant to me.

I'd say maybe opinions are more diverse on here and rather than challenge the post with a well thought out reply to disagree, the easier option for some is to just sneakily take a karma point off.

I can certainly agree with the last part of your post.

I guess it is easier to do that, and some do assume that when Karma points dissappear all of a sudden, they can think it was taken off by a particular member or members within a particular thread and that may lead to hostilities or arguments from those who may take the whole Karma thing too seriously.






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[Nicola]

I've kept mine on but I don't really care about how many Karma points I've got. People taking them off has helped in this way as I'm not feeling competitive against members (even my friends) who have a lot of Karma points as I have a tendency to get jealous easily. I've got more than what I expected to have anyway.

[Mrluvaluva]

Originally posted by Nicola
I have a tendency to get jealous easily

I admire you for saying that

[Z]

You can turn it off? *blink* Didn't know that xD


I think I'll turn it off, I'm hardly gaining anything by having it up, and I mean, it's nice that people want to + you, but nobody likes being minus'd, so it's.. meh. If you have karma, you shouldn't have the option to turn it off because a lot of people will always disagree with it, and you might as well not have it at all if lots of people don't have it turned on.

[Matt]

Originally posted by Z
You can turn it off? *blink* Didn't know that xD


I think I'll turn it off, I'm hardly gaining anything by having it up, and I mean, it's nice that people want to + you, but nobody likes being minus'd, so it's.. meh. If you have karma, you shouldn't have the option to turn it off because a lot of people will always disagree with it, and you might as well not have it at all if lots of people don't have it turned on.

You didn't?

Stropz, how about we hack TiBB to get rid of the - karma feature?

*DISCLAIMER: There are no real plans to hack TiBB!*

[Amy]

I say... Karma bores me! It bores me listening to people moan about it and it bores me having 50 million threads on Karma. I don't know why things that happened a while ago, like this big Karma debate, can't just stay in the past.... talking about it once a week or month does not make it any better. Just turn it off if you don't like it?

[Matt]

Originally posted by Amy
I say... Karma bores me! It bores me listening to people moan about it and it bores me having 50 million threads on Karma. I don't know why things that happened a while ago, like this big Karma debate, can't just stay in the past.... talking about it once a week or month does not make it any better. Just turn it off if you don't like it?

Hear hear!

[Ruth*Star]

I turned mine off because i got bored of it, And i went for like 23 something to 17 or 18, and i never posted anything bad, so i lost 5 points for nothing really.

[lily.]

LoL.. I'm shocked mine is so high Ruth. I upset people left, right and centre on here.

[Ruth*Star]

lol yeah...i don't recall posting anything bad and i lost like 5 points lol.

[lily.]

Yeah, it might be..

To be honest, I don't care though. Whether it's high or whether it's low.. I wont change how I am. I've always been the same in here and I've been here for 2 years now..