08-10-2011, 09:52 AM | #46 | |
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also note post #24 it is also not endless. and when members post things others like others click the KARMA button. I suppose it's a bit like *Yay! I've wanted the answer to that question and 'so an so' hands me the answer just like that.* That's happened to me and I've seen it happen to others. Right in the middle of a melt down either someone hands you the answer or cheers you up while you wait. Well worth karma in my books. |
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08-10-2011, 09:59 AM | #47 |
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I went to the psychiatrist, and he says "You're crazy." I tell him I want a second opinion. He says, "Okay, you're ugly too!"
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08-10-2011, 10:05 AM | #48 |
Aging Positronic Brain
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I really need a karmic analysis and karma acquisition advice. I'm afraid I'm going to be a Luddite in my next life!
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08-10-2011, 10:09 AM | #49 |
Loves Ellipsis...
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I see what she's saying - the math is rather screwy right now.
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08-10-2011, 10:14 AM | #50 |
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I just looked at my karma....
Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, Guess I'll go eat worms, Long, thin, slimy ones; Short, fat, juicy ones, Itsy, bitsy, fuzzy wuzzy worms. |
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08-10-2011, 10:38 AM | #51 | |
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That does not mean much as the k power has been steadily increasing since I joined. It is not a stationary process: a) members with high k count tend to remain in MR and be active. b) k is made of positive numbers so they just add and increase the k power. It is actually more an exponential growth rather then a linear one. It has been nice to go back and see my first k's, and for which reason they were given to me. I actually went through all of them. Very sweet. It has been also interesting to see how the relation with other members has evolved in time. Last edited by beppe; 08-10-2011 at 10:42 AM. |
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08-10-2011, 10:44 AM | #52 |
Kate
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The odds of one person having karma ending in 3 zeros is 1/1000.
The odd of two random people having karma ending in 3 zeros is 1/1,000,000 Given the number of people just in this thread with karma ending in 3 zeroes - well, the odds of that are truly 'astronomical'. So, something is going on - 1) sockpuppeting and/or collusion 2) hacking 3) a glitch in the karma system 4) someone with a lot of karma is intentionally rounding people's karma off This sort of thing is *highly* unlikely to be random. Since gastan and Tomekeeper have noticed something wrong with their own karma, I'm now less inclined to think it's number 1, although that does remain a possibility coupled with number 4. Pdurrant, did you round my karma off? You're the only person who gave me karma since I took a screenshot of it yesterday. |
08-10-2011, 10:54 AM | #53 | |
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Yes something is going on. Definitely. There are people playing a game and having fun with it. Now my post count is 4488. I like that very much. I might refrain from posting just to contemplate it, for a while. Why not. Last edited by beppe; 08-10-2011 at 10:58 AM. |
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08-10-2011, 11:03 AM | #54 |
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08-10-2011, 11:07 AM | #55 |
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08-10-2011, 11:07 AM | #56 |
Kate
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Sorry, I was in a hurry to get to work and looked at my CP wrong.
Three other people gave me karma besides you. Of course, the reason I took a screenshot was because I expected it. Could be the sockpuppets trying to cover their tracks, as well. Last edited by khalleron; 08-10-2011 at 11:10 AM. |
08-10-2011, 11:09 AM | #57 |
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08-10-2011, 11:11 AM | #58 |
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I think someone is rounding off the numbers?
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08-10-2011, 11:24 AM | #59 |
Kate
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This just in - the user who first set off my red flags (17 posts and exactly 100,000 karma) has now been banned for being...
...yeah, a sock puppet. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...=145458&page=4 |
08-10-2011, 11:29 AM | #60 | |
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Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, I eat worms all day. First I bite the head off, then I suck the juice out, Then I throw the skin away. Yuk. Carol |
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