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Old 08-10-2011, 07:46 PM   #106
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There is a thread I started in the feedback section about this. Apparently we can't give odd numbered karma out, although some how some people around here end up with odd karma, so go figure. But if you always use an even number under your limit, it should give them what you want.

Here's the link to that thread: Tallying Karma Points
That thread speaks with forked tongue.
Here are few people with odd karmas that I just met in a very sexy thread.
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Old 08-10-2011, 07:47 PM   #107
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You never get rid of it! ... I suppose "karmic burden" is a glass half empty way of looking at it.
I like looking at both halves of the glass. I'm stuck with it. It's a lot, hurrah, cheer.
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Old 08-10-2011, 07:54 PM   #108
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amount you can give is partly based on your karma, but it's not subtracted from your karma.
Sounds like bad karma.

I believe if you give bad karma, it comes back to you in spades.
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Old 08-10-2011, 08:00 PM   #109
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My trick to check if everything is at it should be. I reload the page right after.
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Old 08-10-2011, 08:02 PM   #110
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Sounds like bad karma.
It is good karma, ever-expanding.

It is karma ∞
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Old 08-10-2011, 08:04 PM   #111
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Old 08-10-2011, 08:06 PM   #112
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OK, I paid more attention that time and it all seems to be working fine. Thanks!
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Old 08-10-2011, 08:15 PM   #113
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But, yes, sockpuppets are banned immediately. It is also possible the person who created the sockpuppet will be banned immediately. The ModRoom has some tools of investigation available to it. Don't create sockpuppets.
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What are sockpuppets? (Since I've already exposed my forum mechanics ignorance, I might as well continue….)
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Old 08-10-2011, 08:37 PM   #114
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What are sockpuppets? (Since I've already exposed my forum mechanics ignorance, I might as well continue….)
A sockpuppet is a username created by an existing user of a forum, most often for nefarious reasons (an example would be an author creating a second username to post a "recommendation" of their book on the forum).
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Old 08-10-2011, 08:44 PM   #115
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I'm confused.

So the various new users with suspiciously high Karma are possibly these so called "sock-puppets"? If so, how did that happen?

The way I see it, the only way for a new user to get tons of Karma is to be given the same by another user who has significant amounts to give. The latter, then, would be a user who has been around long enough to have accumulated such Karma. And since he/she has accumulated such Karma, wouldn't that imply that this person is a fairly long-standing and/or somewhat respected member of the MR community?

So then why would such a person be a sock-puppet?

(And yes, I know I'm over-thinking what is essentially an unimportant issue.)

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Nice set of "karma facilitators" in your profile pic there, afa.
Why, thank you. I've always felt that the threat of violence was a far superior motivator than love, kindness or good humor.

And on that note, here's some Karma for you. (You're not a sock-puppet, right?)
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Old 08-10-2011, 08:49 PM   #116
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I don't really think it's that weird. Two or three of us regulars could give a newbie Karma for a joke or something useful and their Karma could go to upwards of 100,000 points.
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Old 08-10-2011, 08:49 PM   #117
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I'm confused.

So the various new users with suspiciously high Karma are possibly these so called "sock-puppets"? If so, how did that happen?

The way I see it, the only way for a new user to get tons of Karma is to be given the same by another user who has significant amounts to give. The latter, then, would be a user who has been around long enough to have accumulated such Karma. And since he/she has accumulated such Karma, wouldn't that imply that this person is a fairly long-standing and/or somewhat respected member of the MR community?

So then why would such a person be a sock-puppet?
No! I certainly am not saying that about those with high karmas. The topic of sockpuppets simply came up as some reasoning, and someone asked what one was. High karmas tend to cause higher karmas is all (it tends to feed on itself with reciprocation).

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(And yes, I know I'm over-thinking what is essentially an unimportant issue.)
Thought-experiments are often fun though, or "sexy" as some have said.

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Old 08-10-2011, 08:58 PM   #118
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Old 08-10-2011, 09:39 PM   #119
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Old 08-10-2011, 09:55 PM   #120
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