Why so many newbies with so much karma?

[beppe]

Originally Posted by sun surfer

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.

[unboggling]

Originally Posted by sun surfer

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.

[sabredog]

Originally Posted by sun surfer

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.

[unboggling]

Originally Posted by beppe

My trick to check if everything is at it should be. I reload the page right after.

Ah, thanks. I'll start doing that

[sun surfer]

Originally Posted by sabredog

Sounds like bad karma.

It is good karma, ever-expanding.

It is karma ∞

[DixieGal]

I'm a karma whore. Feel free to practice giving various amounts of karma to me.

[unboggling]

OK, I paid more attention that time and it all seems to be working fine. Thanks!

[unboggling]

Originally Posted by montsnmags

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.
Marc

What are sockpuppets? (Since I've already exposed my forum mechanics ignorance, I might as well continue….)

[montsnmags]

Originally Posted by unboggling

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).

[afa]

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.)

Originally Posted by TedJ

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?)

[The Terminator]

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.

[montsnmags]

Originally Posted by afa

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).

(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.

Cheers,
Marc

[Phogg]

Originally Posted by DixieGal

I'm a karma whore. Feel free to practice giving various amounts of karma to me.

Must...
Not...
Post...

Sob...I can't help it! I'm so ashamed!

[DixieGal]

Sorry, but i dont get it. Help?

[Phogg]

Click the picture, its a link (I do that a lot).

I don't really know that song, never heard it before...