Why so many newbies with so much karma?

[jleliekelly]

Quote:

Don't make me bust out some Backstreet Boys or N'Sync _


All I have to say is:
Everybody (yaaaaa) rock your body (yahhhh) everybody-rock your body right backstreet's back alright!

Rofl

[montsnmags]

Originally Posted by MrsJoseph

Yes! I do this, too.

You give massages...

Originally Posted by Phogg

You give massages with cold, cooked noodles?
...

D'OH! I was gonna say that.

Originally Posted by khalleron

I've created a monster!

Hehehe. But one of those nice, Monsters Inc. kind of monsters, maybe like "Kitty"/Sulley.

Cheers,
Marc

[beppe]

Ha Bilbo, Bilbo, Bilbo

Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

Actually, imho, karma means nothing on this site any more. There are people here who post little more than, 'Just drank some nice Oolong tea' and have close to 100 million karma. I'm sure those people with massive karma totals are very proud of their cleverness, unfortunately, it's at the cost of destroying an otherwise useful forum utility.

I think this is unfair. The guy you refer to, he is a continuous source of merriment, good humor and brilliant surreal comments. Really a great guy, in my modest opinion, he is one of the most friendly and positive characters on this site. He has been away for close to 4 weeks and many of us miss him, and his wit.

Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

Hey, just get over to the 'What's in your cup' thread and join the merry-go-round. You'll have millions of karma in no time.

Apparently, your 55 visits to the drinking thread did not do much good to your k count. (I learned at my expenses to get a bit suspicious of drinkers of Brandy Alexanders).

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

Nothing like talking tea and booze to make the day go by fast and put a smile on someones face.

Exactly. The thread is one of the friendliest place I have ever been to. HT started it but it is Astra that made it so deliciously friendly. And we have been traveling also. Actually a lot of traveling. Not only drinking.
This list shows who is who. A fantastic group of people. All of them, including the last one in the list.

[calail]

now that i'm so much more Karma-educated, i'll be sharing some as well!

[Loosheesh]

Hmm, maybe the Karma machine does need a tune-up - my 150000 first went up by 10000 (courtesy DixieGal) and, according to the note left by The Terminator, should've gone up by only 34000. I was never good at math, but shouldn't my total now be 194000, instead of 213644

[HomeInMyShoes]

^That's the best thing about karma. Just when you think you understand it, you don't. Enlightenment is so hard to achieve. Now I just need to get back to ridding myself of my comparing mind....oh, I see beppe's got 23032000, wow...dangit...okay...empty my thoughts...I am my breath...

[VydorScope]

Man I spend to much time in writers corner, never realized how much fun y'all can be in other areas LOL!

[rkomar]

On the topic of karma, I find that when I read a comment I really like and decide to give someone some karma, I'll usually back out of it if I see that they already have vastly more karma than I do. It would feel like trying to slip a millionaire a $1 tip for being nice. I know it's silly, that all karma is appreciated, but it's a feeling that's hard to shake. Does anyone else have the same hang-up?

[VydorScope]

Originally Posted by rkomar

On the topic of karma, I find that when I read a comment I really like and decide to give someone some karma, I'll usually back out of it if I see that they already have vastly more karma than I do. It would feel like trying to slip a millionaire a $1 tip for being nice. I know it's silly, that all karma is appreciated, but it's a feeling that's hard to shake. Does anyone else have the same hang-up?

They can not see how much you gave them unless they keep records of their scores constantly. This means all they see is "so and so gave me Karma" no matter how much. So give away, and dont worry about the amount.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by rkomar

It would feel like trying to slip a millionaire a $1 tip for being nice. I know it's silly, that all karma is appreciated, but it's a feeling that's hard to shake. Does anyone else have the same hang-up?

Try to overcome it. I appreciate all Karma given, whoever gives it. In this case, it really is the thought (& comment) that count, not the amount of Karma.

[Billi]

Originally Posted by rkomar

On the topic of karma, I find that when I read a comment I really like and decide to give someone some karma, I'll usually back out of it if I see that they already have vastly more karma than I do. It would feel like trying to slip a millionaire a $1 tip for being nice. I know it's silly, that all karma is appreciated, but it's a feeling that's hard to shake. Does anyone else have the same hang-up?

I have it, and I also know it's silly, but nevertheless. On the other side I felt very touched at the occasions when I got 2 karma points by some newbie. I found this sooo nice!

And another thought: rkomar, following your very helpful posts in the Pocketbook subforum and comparing your karma points with those of many others here around let's me think one more time how very much this fine karma idea goes wrong these days.

One of my alltime favourite posts in this forum:

Originally Posted by Donnageddon

Now, I don't have the biggest pile of Karma, and my Karma ain't the fanciest, or the prettiest. But it is honest Karma, dug out of these hills post by post, pun by pun, smart ass comment by smart ass comment. I have toiled under the oppressive gaze of the green meanies, and scuttled like a rat avoiding their fearsome bolts of moderation.

Yes, I may not have the most Karma, but it is my Karma. And no matter how humble, there's no place like Aum.

[DixieGal]

I could sure go for a karma macchiotta right now.

[din155]

thank you all for the karmas! Idea of giving Karma to someone having a bad day never struck me..! Will start using it now..!

[neilmarr]

On second thoughts, Karmalot is a silly place. Let's not go there.

Karma has become utterly meaningless in the two and a half short years I've been a daily visitor and contributor here (not because I came here), and this thread has become silly enough to prove it. If negative karma was possible, I'd no doubt lose my own immediately through this single post alone.

This thread must have generated enough wasted karma to devalue the system to the extent that it has now been proven to be a less than useless guide to a member's true value to our group.

I tend to welcome all newcomers (no karma potential) only offer technical advice when I can (severely limiting my contribution to such threads) and comment very seriously and, I hope, constructively where I can offer sound assistance in my own specialised field (and as has been mentioned, that attracts no brownie points). I ignore threads that are frivolous and not e-reading specific (I don't want or need to know what's in your wardrobe or in your glass or on your dinner plate or what someone's favourite soup recipe is) and those as the threads where worthless karma seems to be spawned.

Maybe someone should post a simple poll (I'm far too busy to do it myself) one quick question 'should karma be scrapped'. Two options only; 'yes' or 'no'. No invitation to explain why (that's already been covered here and in earlier threads on the subject). Then mods should take note of the result and act upon it.

My own vote would be for 'yes' it should be scrapped because -- well intentioned as it was -- it has become abused and is utterly useless in terms of a member's true value to the community here.

Best wishes and heart-felt karma to all ... but not in numbers and not in this (I believe) redundant thread. Neil

[beppe]

Originally Posted by rkomar

On the topic of karma, I find that when I read a comment I really like and decide to give someone some karma, I'll usually back out of it if I see that they already have vastly more karma than I do. It would feel like trying to slip a millionaire a $1 tip for being nice. I know it's silly, that all karma is appreciated, but it's a feeling that's hard to shake. Does anyone else have the same hang-up?

Originally Posted by Billi

I have it, and I also know it's silly, but nevertheless. On the other side I felt very touched at the occasions when I got 2 karma points by some newbie. I found this sooo nice!

And another thought: rkomar, following your very helpful posts in the Pocketbook subforum and comparing your karma points with those of many others here around let's me think one more time how very much this fine karma idea goes wrong these days.

One of my alltime favourite posts in this forum:

I think that at the moment I have one of the highest k points in MR. Then I am a multimillionaire. So what. Soon several, then many will have more then me. So what. It is like the clothes they put on or the makeup. Does it matter? Not very much to me that I have keen eyes, and enough imagination.

But the appreciation, the smiles, the puns, the personal touch, the playfulness behind a karma that is given, especially so if it is for something that I put some thought in, that is where the real pleasure is. I remember when I started, that one of the moderators wrote that were the small k's of a newbie that gave him most pleasure. It's true. I experience the same. Of course an old friend winking at me is a very pleasant thing also.

Also, sometime I get myself in trouble in a discussion, then a k arrives in support. Well, that makes me feel very warm. It encourages me to keep it up, being foolish and being controversial. Being funny, cynical, sentimental. All these things together. Lombard tradition.

The inflation of k changed the scale, that's for sure. But I think it positive that there is a much larger k volume going around. It makes contacts more lively. And that I think is the purpose, not so much the ranking. Ranking of what?