whats that karma thing about

[amandaelizabeth]

can somebody please tell me about the karma thing please i dont understand it!!!

[Andrea]

Hey Amanda

Karma represents how 'nice' you are for lack of a better term. The higher the karma, the better. To raise someone's karma, click 'exalt' and to take away from their karma click 'smite'. That's the best I can explain it. maybe someone else can add?

[Chrissy]

Andrea pretty much hit the nail on the head.

Here's my explaination:

On the left side of every post, below the avatar and Joined, Gender, Posts, etc., there are two links: [ Exalt | Smite ]. They're kind of a like a popularity metre of sorts.. If you like something that someone did, you can click their Exalt link. If they do the opposite and make you frustrated with them, you can click their Smite link. Every exalt adds 1 karma, where every smite subtracts 1 karma.

[Sara]

That a very good idea!!

[Jess]

I don't really see how it does any good whatsoever.. I think Vicky said it before, it's nothing more than a popularity contest.

[Mellu]

^I think so too.
People tend to negative karma before they positive karma. The lowest karma on the board is like negative twenty something, whereas the highest is about five. It's ridiculous.

[beauradical]

vicky had -25 i think once

[Vicky]

I did

[happilyeverafter]

haha I've been down to about -14 or so once.

Now I'm back in the positives

[Mellu]

Me too, Gill, haha. So, people let's try not to karma unless it's positive!

[Robyn]

I've never been like below -3 .. or above +3 for that matter

[Robyn]

hahaha,

Vicky, at the rate im going i'll be as low as you are!

I love this.

[Mellu]

Byn, I know how you feel, my karma was incredibly low a while ago. I don't see what you did to ANYONE to deserve that!!

[Upandover]

If everyone hates it so much, why don't we just get rid of it?

[Robyn]

I find it amusing. People are just really immature. Like Mel touched on before, people obviously give negative karma before they give positive.