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    Karma, I want..

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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      @Cino:

      Would be nice to see who applauds or smite; they would think twice before doing it

      You would hope but it's not going to stop someone creating a new user just to multi-smite you.
      Better systems have a limited amount of karma you can apply a system that only allows you to give points once you have earned them. Even on well developed systems that are generally recognised as good, such as that used by Slashdot, there are still continuous arguments as to how they could be improved. They are all flawed.  ::)

      Steve

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        Cino
        last edited by

        I vote to remove it.. And now I have -35… Only other post was me asking someone a questions to assist...

        I'm kinda annoyed now... I could understand if I was having a heated conv with someone but to be at -35 is a freaking joke... I dont care who did it, but would love to see an audit on how often I was smite...

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        • jimpJ
          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
          last edited by

          It doesn't even show the admins who voted. Honestly, it's better when it's blind/anonymous to avoid retaliation/response (bad or good).

          Admins can, however, reset the numbers to whatever they like.  ;D

          Remember: Upvote with the 👍 button for any user/post you find to be helpful, informative, or deserving of recognition!

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            Reset karma points eh? Seems like that might bring some bad karma upon you!  ;)
            Edit: That wasn't me by the way.  ::)

            I see there are several systems available for SMF, karma description mod for example. I agree though, knowing who is smiting you can only lead to retaliation in most cases.

            Steve

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              Cino
              last edited by

              You guys are right, its better not to know because of retaliation.. But good to know that it can be reset by the admins

              @stephen i didn't think it was you at all; we have always played nice in the sandbox  ::)

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                Supermule Banned
                last edited by

                The funny shit is that I see Jimp having -1 and suddenly he has 0 again….

                The intention of the karma system has been tampered with...and therefore it sucks like hell to create a "me is better than you" environment in here...

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                  Guest
                  last edited by

                  @Cino I helped you out, -1 is better than 0, as 0 is for nerd-wonk-geeks…  ;)

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    @chemlud:

                    -1 is better than 0, as 0 is for nerd-wonk-geeks…

                    That makes me feel better!  ;D

                    My earlier edit was aimed at JimP. I was attempting to draw a humorous connection between playing god and real life karma coming back to bite you but then when Jim was smitten it looked like I'd done it.  :-\

                    Steve

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                      Cino
                      last edited by

                      @chemlud lmfao

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                      • jimpJ
                        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                        last edited by

                        Well there's a difference between karma that was deserved, and karma that someone clicked as a joke or because they were trolling. If it's being abused, then it can/will be reset.

                        Remember: Upvote with the 👍 button for any user/post you find to be helpful, informative, or deserving of recognition!

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                        • johnpozJ
                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                          last edited by

                          Well my new best bud router_wang seems to think smiting me is fun..  As I stated in that thread and the PM that goes unanswered from him.  Does not take a brain surgeon to figure out my smite level goes up every time he shows activity.  And then nothing when between.

                          At like -24 now..

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            ;D Don't feed the trolls!

                            It's not the first time someone has made that mistake over the term 'WAN net'. To be fair 'net' and 'subnet' are different terms, I've argued it should be labelled 'WAN subnet' before.

                            Steve

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                              router_wang
                              last edited by

                              The system is working as designed. If you don't want negative karma, then you should not insult users. Insulting or belittling them does nothing to promote the project or the image of the project.

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                              • johnpozJ
                                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                last edited by

                                Dude I never insulted you…  So you admit it then your just clicking on smite every time you get on the board..  That is not how the system was designed to work, but kids will be kids :rolleyes:

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                                  Mr. Jingles
                                  last edited by

                                  @chemlud:

                                  ooops, same thing happend to me. I think it was the Holland man for my soccer post… ???

                                  No it was not me: I only smite Linux people if they are unpolite  ;)

                                  6 and a half billion people know that they are stupid, agressive, lower life forms.

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                                  • DerelictD
                                    Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                                    last edited by

                                    The only truly useful thing I can think of using it for is so the community can quell spammers without admin intervention.  If your account is new and you receive neg feedback you should be blocked from posting until an admin says it's ok - preferably with all your posts automatically hidden and marked for approval.  If it's strictly time limited like to the first 12-24 hours of an account's life it should limit abuse to very rare edge cases.

                                    No idea if SMF has such capability.

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                                    • ?
                                      Guest
                                      last edited by

                                      The only thing this thread is useful for I can think of is:

                                      Merry Christmas everyone!

                                      The Netherlands will make the soccer world championship next time :-D

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                                        kejianshi
                                        last edited by

                                        Yes - This thread is quite smite-a-rific…

                                        Merry Christmas and happy smiting.

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                                          Mr. Jingles
                                          last edited by

                                          @chemlud:

                                          The Netherlands will make the soccer world championship next time :-D

                                          No they won't  ;D ;D ;D

                                          To all:

                                          6 and a half billion people know that they are stupid, agressive, lower life forms.

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