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Title: I have no Karma?
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 20, 2006, 06:01:55 AM
What - was it taken from me when it ran over your dogma? ???
Title: Re: I have no Karma?
Post by: Ultra on April 21, 2006, 11:05:48 AM
What - was it taken from me when it ran over your dogma? ???

Karma is something other members give you, good or bad, depending on how you are perceived by them.

Kind of like a popularity poll.

Right about now, I am glad to have it.  ;)
Title: Re: I have no Karma?
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 21, 2006, 12:19:48 PM
How do I boost a fellow posters Karma?  ???
Title: Re: I have no Karma?
Post by: Ultra on April 21, 2006, 12:21:35 PM
How do I boost a fellow posters Karma?  ???

One moment, please.......
Title: Re: I have no Karma?
Post by: Ultra on April 21, 2006, 12:24:37 PM
How do I boost a fellow posters Karma?  ???

One moment, please.......

Okay.

Maybe I don't understand"karma" yet.  I can change my own in my profile.  Perhaps that is becuase I am an admin.

Would a non-admin like to let us know if they can change their own karma within their user profile settings?
Title: Re: I have no Karma?
Post by: Ultra on April 21, 2006, 12:29:10 PM
I can change non-admins karma as well.  Rich now has some karma.

Perhaps a non-admin could try to change someone's karma as well?
Title: Re: I have no Karma?
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 21, 2006, 12:31:21 PM
Turn it up to 10! No, make that 11.  8)
Title: Re: I have no Karma?
Post by: Rich on April 21, 2006, 12:52:21 PM
I would prefer that all my karma to be given to needy children.
Title: Re: I have no Karma?
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 21, 2006, 01:36:26 PM
You, sir, are a man among men, and a paragon of virtue.

I salute you!
Title: Re: I have no Karma?
Post by: roopull on April 26, 2006, 05:22:29 AM
Something I do on my sites that I'd suggest to you, Ultra & Karn is to create 'test' usernames.  For example, create an account as a normal user entitled UltraTestAccount.  This way, you can fiddle with settings of the site & 'test' things when someone has a problem AND no one will accuse you of trying to have two online identities.

Karma, unless the premissions are different for this site, can usually only be added by admins, mods & members with a certain number of posts... I don't remember the default for the software, though.

FWIW, I'd disable the Karma feature.  It leads to too much drama & BS that detract from your forum.

Another suggestion, while I'm at it, make sure you have back-up admins so that if anything happens to you, the site can continue until you get your problems worked out...  Even if you're only away from the computer for a week, that can be disasterous, to say nothing if you were to pull a Justin...


Okay...  last suggestion...   I'd create a username like "Administrator" & share the password with your admins.  That way, if they ever DO have to do some real moderating, they're protected from personal attacks by the facelessness of the "Administrator" username.
Title: Re: I have no Karma?
Post by: Ultra on April 26, 2006, 05:34:25 AM
Something I do on my sites that I'd suggest to you, Ultra & Karn is to create 'test' usernames.  For example, create an account as a normal user entitled UltraTestAccount.  This way, you can fiddle with settings of the site & 'test' things when someone has a problem AND no one will accuse you of trying to have two online identities.

Karma, unless the premissions are different for this site, can usually only be added by admins, mods & members with a certain number of posts... I don't remember the default for the software, though.

FWIW, I'd disable the Karma feature.  It leads to too much drama & BS that detract from your forum.

Another suggestion, while I'm at it, make sure you have back-up admins so that if anything happens to you, the site can continue until you get your problems worked out...  Even if you're only away from the computer for a week, that can be disasterous, to say nothing if you were to pull a Justin...


Okay...  last suggestion...   I'd create a username like "Administrator" & share the password with your admins.  That way, if they ever DO have to do some real moderating, they're protected from personal attacks by the facelessness of the "Administrator" username.

Great ideas, Roo.

Thanks and welcome to the forum.

 8)