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Karma - Community Moderating - Spartacus - Apr 03 2013
Quote:Geek megaportalSlashDotwas among the first to use this, a way of allowing the community to moderate itself. Registered users can vote every post up or down, and each user winds up with a karma "score" that is just the sum total of all the "up" votes minus the "down" ones they've ever gotten.
We use this in the Cracked forums (where each member's karma score is visible to other members at all times). You can only vote once per day, so even a coordinated karma voting campaign couldn't change a score faster than the rest of the community could correct it.
Yes, it works. Everyone claims they don't care what their karma is, yet any time a person sees an unexplained drop, I get an email complaining about it. You just can't ignore a number right next to your name that announces what the community thinks of you.
Read more:http://www.cracked.com/article_16765_5-ways-to-stop-trolls-from-killing-internet.html#ixzz2PMbiLxw8
Figure 1 +1 to Karma
![[Image: karma.jpg]](http://www.skinventory.dk/pics/wc/karma.jpg)
Figure 2 Karma Displayed Below Username
tldr;
> unhappy with someone's comments? "neg"/-1 his karma
> Good constructive? "rep"/+1 karma
> Karma displayed below user profile
> community self-regulates posts
> moderators still around to take control if/when necessary
What do you guys think? Are our forums suitable for this?
RE: Karma - Community Moderating - lin3ar - Apr 03 2013
Go fuck yourself.
Downvote Karma me faggot.
RE: Karma - Community Moderating - Spartacus - Apr 03 2013
mental note to neg your future karma.
RE: Karma - Community Moderating - cucubelu - Apr 03 2013
Tried this on the Stargate Worlds forums... people over abused in matter of days before we had to come in and shut it down. Might not be the same here though due to a different audience and size.
RE: Karma - Community Moderating - Spartacus - Apr 03 2013
It works if a matured audience is large enough.
forum.bodybuilding.com is a good example of where this system is successful IMO.
RE: Karma - Community Moderating - ALING KURING SARI SARI STORE - Apr 03 2013
Spartacus, post: 88898, member: 1060 Wrote:It works if a matured audience is large enough.css people is younger (most likely less mature) than the bodybuilding people.
forum.bodybuilding.com is a good example of where this system is successful IMO.
RE: Karma - Community Moderating - pTK - Apr 03 2013
Nah, I can just see people downvoting people they don't like 24/7. Like every time bison posts, I plan to downvotehard
RE: Karma - Community Moderating - joker8baller - Apr 03 2013
Downvoted by all the people that we ban. lulz.
THIS AINT REDDIT SPARTACUS. NO UPVOTING&DOWNVOTING FOR YOU.
RE: Karma - Community Moderating - Spartacus - Apr 03 2013
you need a certain amount of reputation before you can rep someone.
a troll can't "downvote" you if his karma is negative..
just throwing ideas out there..if we're not ready now, maybe in the future we will be. Unless Matt really sells off the servers to Frag Gaming.
RE: Karma - Community Moderating - Smartass - Apr 03 2013
lin3ar, post: 88882, member: 795 Wrote:Go fuck yourself.You're my new best friend.
Downvote Karma me faggot.
Spartacus, post: 88898, member: 1060 Wrote:It works if a matured audience is large enough.You're on the wrong site if that's what you're looking for. Only about 5% of this community has some sense of maturity... and that percentage is even doubtful.