[Spartacus]

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



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?

[lin3ar]

Go fuck yourself.

Downvote Karma me faggot.

[Spartacus]

mental note to neg your future karma.

[cucubelu]

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.

[Spartacus]

It works if a matured audience is large enough.

forum.bodybuilding.com is a good example of where this system is successful IMO.

It works if a matured audience is large enough.

forum.bodybuilding.com is a good example of where this system is successful IMO.

css people is younger (most likely less mature) than the bodybuilding people.

[pTK]

Nah, I can just see people downvoting people they don't like 24/7. Like every time bison posts, I plan to downvotehard

Downvoted by all the people that we ban. lulz.

THIS AINT REDDIT SPARTACUS. NO UPVOTING&DOWNVOTING FOR YOU.

[Spartacus]

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.

Go fuck yourself.

Downvote Karma me faggot.

You're my new best friend.

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.