An additional 'Karma' Question. . .

GlenBarrington · 05-24-2010, 07:29 PM

I wanted to give some kudos to a couple of posters. So I clicked the Karma button on their posts. On the first poster, it defaulted to a 12 with a message for me to reduce the amount if I want. (I assume it's based on MY karma points, or level of participation, or, something!?!). I accepted the default without thinking.

On the second poster, on a whim, I changed the Karma points to 20, even though the default was 12. The higher amount seems to have been accepted.

My question is, did I give the second poster 12 points or 20 points?

My subsequent question is really a moral dilemma, did I give the first poster a 'royal reaming'? the second poster didn't really deserve MORE points than the first!

Vintage Season · 05-24-2010, 07:38 PM

Karma? I just learned something new about this site!

If you give someone points are they subtracted from your own, or are new points generated every time some are given?

- M.

DixieGal · 05-24-2010, 07:50 PM

The more you give, the more you get. You get about 20 "servings" of K every 24hrs, so give it all away to posters who help you, make a good point, or just plain give you a chuckle. Yours will never go down.

To find who gave it to you, click "user cp" in the blue bar above. And it's nice to tap the givers name and acknowledge it.

Now get cracking, you have a lot of K to give away!

GlenBarrington · 05-24-2010, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

The more you give, the more you get. You get about 20 "servings" of K every 24hrs, so give it all away to posters who help you, make a good point, or just plain give you a chuckle. Yours will never go down.

To find who gave it to you, click "user cp" in the blue bar above. And it's nice to tap the givers name and acknowledge it.

Now get cracking, you have a lot of K to give away!

Yeah, but did I grant 12 or 20 points?

jinlo · 05-24-2010, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by GlenBarrington

Yeah, but did I grant 12 or 20 points?

There's probably no way to know for sure at this point, though I could be wrong. Once you give karma, I do not believe there is a record anywhere of exactly how much you gave. It just keeps a running cumulative total.

You can, however, test it on a future karma handout.

Check DixieGal's total karma before giving her new karma. Click the karma button for her post, change the 12 to 20, and then see what her new total is immediately after you're done.

DixieGal · 05-24-2010, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by GlenBarrington

Yeah, but did I grant 12 or 20 points?

It really doesn't matter. It is all arbitrary, and the receiver does not know how much they got from an individual. Somebody, maybe Vivaldirules or Pshrynk, has a good explanation in their sig, something about it being like a kiss that you give a friend, some sort of mushy stuff.

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Originally Posted by jinlo

There's probably no way to know for sure at this point, though I could be wrong. Once you give karma, I do not believe there is a record anywhere of exactly how much you gave. It just keeps a running cumulative total.

You can, however, test it on a future karma handout.

Check DixieGal's total karma before giving her new karma. Click the karma button for her post, change the 12 to 20, and then see what her new total is immediately after you're done.

Thanks! I picked up a few points from that!

FizzyWater · 05-24-2010, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by GlenBarrington

Yeah, but did I grant 12 or 20 points?

You can't give away more than the default amount. (I tested it myself, when I first discovered Karma).

Neither can you give it to the same person twice in a row...even possibly the last two people, but I'm less certain about that one.

DixieGal · 05-24-2010, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by FizzyWater

You can't give away more than the default amount. (I tested it myself, when I first discovered Karma).

Neither can you give it to the same person twice in a row...even possibly the last two people, but I'm less certain about that one.

You have to spread it around, like a smile.

Critteranne · 05-24-2010, 11:11 PM

Giving out Karma can be fun, even if there's screaming involved. You see, there's some Windows dialogue box that pops up when I give out Karma. I changed some of my Windows sounds because I was bored of dings and chimes (zzz). Now, a sound clip from "Saw" plays when the Karma window pops up, and I hear screaming and "Game Over." :ROFL:

Eventually I'll tire of it and change it to a nice "ding" or something.

astra · 05-25-2010, 05:16 AM

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Originally Posted by GlenBarrington

Yeah, but did I grant 12 or 20 points?

I believe 12.
I think initially you see the maximum you can give, hence they ask you to alter the number if you want to reduce it but nothing about increasing the number.

LazyScot · 05-25-2010, 06:52 PM

There's a thread about it over here that explains it pretty well.

I think that you would have been limited to 12 karma points unless someone suddenly gave you some and so increased the amount you can give.

PG4003 · 05-25-2010, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by GlenBarrington

Yeah, but did I grant 12 or 20 points?

Glen, this is OT: I don't mean to insult you, but your avatar is creepy.

Vintage Season · 05-25-2010, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by PG4003

Glen, this is OT: I don't mean to insult you, but your avatar is creepy.

Funny... that's usually what people say about my avatar!

- M.

PG4003 · 05-25-2010, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Vintage Season

Funny... that's usually what people say about my avatar!

- M.

Yours isn't as creepy as his.

lene1949 · 05-26-2010, 04:43 AM

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Originally Posted by PG4003

Glen, this is OT: I don't mean to insult you, but your avatar is creepy.

05-24-2010, 07:29 PM	#1
GlenBarrington Cheese Whiz Posts: 1,986 Karma: 11677147 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Springfield, Illinois Device: Kindle PW, Samsung Tab A 10.1(2019), Pixel 6a.	An additional 'Karma' Question. . . I wanted to give some kudos to a couple of posters. So I clicked the Karma button on their posts. On the first poster, it defaulted to a 12 with a message for me to reduce the amount if I want. (I assume it's based on MY karma points, or level of participation, or, something!?!). I accepted the default without thinking. On the second poster, on a whim, I changed the Karma points to 20, even though the default was 12. The higher amount seems to have been accepted. My question is, did I give the second poster 12 points or 20 points? My subsequent question is really a moral dilemma, did I give the first poster a 'royal reaming'? the second poster didn't really deserve MORE points than the first!

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DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	The more you give, the more you get. You get about 20 "servings" of K every 24hrs, so give it all away to posters who help you, make a good point, or just plain give you a chuckle. Yours will never go down. To find who gave it to you, click "user cp" in the blue bar above. And it's nice to tap the givers name and acknowledge it. Now get cracking, you have a lot of K to give away!

05-24-2010, 11:11 PM	#9
Critteranne Guru Posts: 815 Karma: 23183490 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: MD Device: Kindle, iPad	Giving out Karma can be fun, even if there's screaming involved. You see, there's some Windows dialogue box that pops up when I give out Karma. I changed some of my Windows sounds because I was bored of dings and chimes (zzz). Now, a sound clip from "Saw" plays when the Karma window pops up, and I hear screaming and "Game Over." :ROFL: Eventually I'll tire of it and change it to a nice "ding" or something.

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LazyScot DSil Posts: 3,201 Karma: 6895096 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Hants, UK Device: Kindle, Cybook	There's a thread about it over here that explains it pretty well. I think that you would have been limited to 12 karma points unless someone suddenly gave you some and so increased the amount you can give.