Posting Milestones (by request) - Page 259

beppe · 06-14-2010, 01:23 AM

The numbers are astonishing, recluse. And obviously the sky is the limit for you.
The ratio K to posts, it must be the absolute record for MR. With a toy to communicate!
You almost double our chum HT!

I know that you prefer to be hugged by our charming ladies, so I just shake your hand.

Congratulations.

happy_terd · 06-14-2010, 01:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beppe

You almost double our chum HT!

I am a firm believer in quantity over quality.

happy_terd · 06-14-2010, 03:14 AM

GraceKrispy

Posts: 1,864
Karma: 30097
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: VOGville, USA
Device: Sony PRS-505, CrackBerry Curve 8330

Congrats on 30k karma!!!

rebarnmom · 06-14-2010, 03:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SneakySnake

Look at Geoff. 75k K

I know! I bow humbly with an offering of chocolate. Congrats!

rebarnmom · 06-14-2010, 03:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Congrats to recluse!

Over 1,000 Posts

Over 60,000 Karma

WOW! Congrats to you recluse!
(and thank you for the shove that put me over my first milestone!)

rebarnmom · 06-14-2010, 03:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by happy_terd

GraceKrispy

Posts: 1,864
Karma: 30097
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: VOGville, USA
Device: Sony PRS-505, CrackBerry Curve 8330

Congrats on 30k karma!!!

Whoo Hoo Grace! Congrats!

SneakySnake · 06-14-2010, 03:52 AM

Go gracie!

Javed · 06-14-2010, 07:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SneakySnake

OMG!

recluse
GONE GREEN

Posts: 1,171
Karma: 60002
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Somewhere in my own head
Device: Kindle 2

Congratulations Recluse!

beppe · 06-14-2010, 07:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by happy_terd

I am a firm believer in quantity over quality.

With recluse they do not conflict!
And also with you. You know that I have always been an aficionado.

P.S. You know the joke about size and ability eh?

dsvick · 06-14-2010, 08:10 AM

My warmest, sincerest, most heart felt congratulations to everyone who reached some significant milestone over the weekend.

Assuming of course that I can be warm, sincere, and heart felt in form congratulatory posting

beppe · 06-14-2010, 08:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dsvick

Assuming of course that I can be warm, sincere, and heart felt in form congratulatory posting

Oh Oh! Should we doubt?
did you do something that you want to talk to us?

What is that on your mustaches? Marmalade?

WT Sharpe · 06-14-2010, 08:40 AM

This thread is becoming ever harder to keep up with. I'm considering posting a generic "Congrats on the Milestone!" banner every day and ignoring the posts!

happy_terd · 06-14-2010, 08:48 AM

*grin*

I could post you a summary every morning.

poohbear_nc · 06-14-2010, 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

This thread is becoming ever harder to keep up with. I'm considering posting a generic "Congrats on the Milestone!" banner every day and ignoring the posts!

We could switch it to a "Pay to Post Your Personal Milestones" - cut down on the number of posts??

yvanleterrible · 06-14-2010, 11:05 AM

I want to thank you all for the respect you have shown me with the cheering and kind words. Most of them were sincere as this thread is meant to underline milestones. Milestones are physical marks in time, an acknowledgment of a progress of some sorts, or celebrations in the personal lives out of MR.

There is a "situation" that has lately started to bother me. And as top poster in this thread, I feel this my responsibility to underline it. Karma celebration. And I'm not the only one being affected by this, many found it futile even to voice anything about it.
"The kind keep polite silence while the ambitious take control."

Karma was meant as a way to show appreciation for someone's exceptional behaviour, be it a show of helping others, a well performed act, a support of friendship or simply the enjoyment of a comment or joke.
The people around this wonderful site who do the brunt of the work at keeping things running smoothly should be the ones most rewarded by karma and so should the ones doing worthy deeds. Has anyone seen Alexander's karma count lately? He's still here, still working...

Even if karma "whoring" has been here for as long as the Llounge it's always been done with humour and fun in mind and for short bursts of time. Recently, karma has become a currency. It is often being given with intent of having some more back, by manipulating; with greed in mind. Like kissing up to a sugar-daddy. But celebrating it? That takes the cake, it's obscene. It's like a Catholic at communion going for a second or third host, of running around with a wad of money in your hands and flaunting it. Unless you're a stripper in Vegas, this is not the place. At this point, the thread is drowned with karma celebrations. At every five or ten thousand units, karma is overshadowing all the other more difficult and worthier markings...

Karma has lost its original goal, its nobility, its true value.

I wish I could return some of the karma I was given, it tastes foul, not right, some of its provenance undeserved in the true meaning karma was intended for.

I believe that karma should only show up in one's user public page. Nowhere else. And especially not on every post one writes. It should have been locked at ten points from the start, unless given from moderation. Just imagine a year from now those over 200,000, what fire power their gift will be!
From now on don't be surprised if I ignore karma celebrations. I'll only reply to real milestones...

Update:
An other absurdity about celebrating karma is that your celebrating yourself for having given karma, a user has no control on what's given to him...

I would also accept a possibility of refusing a gift if I feel unworthy of it, and especially if I know of a devious reason behind the gift...

06-14-2010, 11:05 AM	#3885
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	Karma Celebration I want to thank you all for the respect you have shown me with the cheering and kind words. Most of them were sincere as this thread is meant to underline milestones. Milestones are physical marks in time, an acknowledgment of a progress of some sorts, or celebrations in the personal lives out of MR. There is a "situation" that has lately started to bother me. And as top poster in this thread, I feel this my responsibility to underline it. Karma celebration. And I'm not the only one being affected by this, many found it futile even to voice anything about it. "The kind keep polite silence while the ambitious take control." Karma was meant as a way to show appreciation for someone's exceptional behaviour, be it a show of helping others, a well performed act, a support of friendship or simply the enjoyment of a comment or joke. The people around this wonderful site who do the brunt of the work at keeping things running smoothly should be the ones most rewarded by karma and so should the ones doing worthy deeds. Has anyone seen Alexander's karma count lately? He's still here, still working... Even if karma "whoring" has been here for as long as the Llounge it's always been done with humour and fun in mind and for short bursts of time. Recently, karma has become a currency. It is often being given with intent of having some more back, by manipulating; with greed in mind. Like kissing up to a sugar-daddy. But celebrating it? That takes the cake, it's obscene. It's like a Catholic at communion going for a second or third host, of running around with a wad of money in your hands and flaunting it. Unless you're a stripper in Vegas, this is not the place. At this point, the thread is drowned with karma celebrations. At every five or ten thousand units, karma is overshadowing all the other more difficult and worthier markings... Karma has lost its original goal, its nobility, its true value. I wish I could return some of the karma I was given, it tastes foul, not right, some of its provenance undeserved in the true meaning karma was intended for. I believe that karma should only show up in one's user public page. Nowhere else. And especially not on every post one writes. It should have been locked at ten points from the start, unless given from moderation. Just imagine a year from now those over 200,000, what fire power their gift will be! From now on don't be surprised if I ignore karma celebrations. I'll only reply to real milestones... Update: An other absurdity about celebrating karma is that your celebrating yourself for having given karma, a user has no control on what's given to him... I would also accept a possibility of refusing a gift if I feel unworthy of it, and especially if I know of a devious reason behind the gift... Last edited by yvanleterrible; 06-14-2010 at 11:56 AM.

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06-14-2010, 01:23 AM	#3871
beppe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,161 Karma: 81026524 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Italy Device: Kindle3, Ipod4, IPad2	The numbers are astonishing, recluse. And obviously the sky is the limit for you. The ratio K to posts, it must be the absolute record for MR. With a toy to communicate! You almost double our chum HT! I know that you prefer to be hugged by our charming ladies, so I just shake your hand. Congratulations.

06-14-2010, 03:14 AM	#3873
happy_terd Banned Posts: 13,045 Karma: 10105011 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Finally made it to Walmart. Device: PRS 420	GraceKrispy Posts: 1,864 Karma: 30097 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: VOGville, USA Device: Sony PRS-505, CrackBerry Curve 8330 Congrats on 30k karma!!!

06-14-2010, 03:52 AM	#3877
SneakySnake I'm watching you! Posts: 6,113 Karma: 22344652 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Sunny Coast Qld, OZ Device: Sony PRS-900(unused lately) iPadAir2, want me Kindle Oasis	Go gracie!

06-14-2010, 08:10 AM	#3880
dsvick Wizard Posts: 2,737 Karma: 635747 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Northeast Ohio, USA Device: PRS-900	My warmest, sincerest, most heart felt congratulations to everyone who reached some significant milestone over the weekend. Assuming of course that I can be warm, sincere, and heart felt in form congratulatory posting

06-14-2010, 08:40 AM	#3882
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	This thread is becoming ever harder to keep up with. I'm considering posting a generic "Congrats on the Milestone!" banner every day and ignoring the posts!

06-14-2010, 08:48 AM	#3883
happy_terd Banned Posts: 13,045 Karma: 10105011 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Finally made it to Walmart. Device: PRS 420	grin I could post you a summary every morning.