NT... I should be so lucky to work in marketing, sorry no marketing/ad exec over here, just an overworked sys.admin who tries to stay up to date on the many websites I love to follow.

If I didn't know better (and I probably don't), I'd think you were poking fun at me.   

Now all I have to do is hack into this site, transfer your karma points to my account and then I'll be happy.   

No I won't do that... I'm not a hacker and stealing good karma from someone else is not good karma.   

Zu has a ton of 'bad' karma points you can have 

all is said...

No no no, not poking at you...with you...hopefully.

I don't understand why you care, I've been on these forums for years, and my point specifically was that I HAVE EARNED KARMA....

why are you being mean to people on here...??? I've done nothing to you...
and I don't appreciate your attitude...

I want some of that Popcorn, got anymore?

there's always popcorn if you look around...

I want karma...
Gimme
Gimme
Gimme
Karma!



Though I'd rather have chocolate - you can eat that...
...you can do ****all with karma

I care because; 1. I wrote the system. 2. I'm the primary developer on the forums. 3. I'm a Stardock Employee and I care about the community(ies) we run.

This speaks fairly loudly to the issue of users expecting things. Karma is intended to be handed out by other users who feel its warranted. Users must view your participation and choose to award you Karma if they feel it's appropriate. It's not up to you (or even me, if I am doing the posting/replying) to decide whether you (or again, I if in context) deserve or have earned it. I don't expect anyone to give me any Karma points for this reply. Though a user may choose to. The basic point is that it's not your call as to wether or not you've earned it, it's up to the community and individual user.

Take a step back for a minute and examine what has been posted in this thread. No one is being mean to you, giving you a negative attitude, scolding you or speaking to you with ill intent. Least of all myself. The worst possible thing you can do on the internet is apply tone to text. It's always a good idea to ask for an explanation of intent or an elaboration on a point if you feel that you may not understand its context or reasoning.

This is the last that I'm going to reply on this post. Again on behalf of everyone replying in this post, I apologize if you feel upset by the reaction, singled out in any way or insulted. Please understand that was not the intent. I feel I've explained myself fairly well and explained that posting asking people/the community to give you Karma is not something we want to see and that it defeats the meaning of it.

Da_zman...

At the end of the day when you log off and climb into bed...Karma gets left behind at the door of WC. Your not going to get a Holiday in the Swiss Alps for X amount of Karma.
I took your post at a light hearted attempt at humor...I'm sure that was the way you intended it.

Don't sweat the small stuff ..

Not?

 

Darn! ....

Try telling that to NBC's Dateline.  

Andrew I do believe there is a rule already in place.

Something that could be of a help would be the way it is posted. I would hate to say it - but things may become a moderator issue. Where each point has to be approved.
Also some posting for guidelines with rules and such as do's and don'ts may help.

Just some thoughts for the issue here.


SGT

When we get new honorifics, they are going to add 'Karma Whore' to the list