Are they giving karma to active users ?

[Mr. Allcrypto]

I just wanted to ask, is it only the senior members in this forum that can give karma, or the forum it self give karma, because definitely everybody im this forum started from somewhere k belive, so how did the first people that started got their karma?
And also do they give karma to users in this forum that post vital stuffs and are always active?

[Penlex_Writer]

I just wanted to ask, is it only the senior members in this forum that can give karma, or the forum it self give karma, because definitely everybody im this forum started from somewhere k belive, so how did the first people that started got their karma?
And also do they give karma to users in this forum that post vital stuffs and are always active?

With the little knowledge I have gathered here, you get karma when you make quality post and making quality post is a function of the reader. What reader A sees as a quality post might not appeal quality to another reader and that is why not every ranking member gives karma to a post. I think from Sr Member you can give karma but then you don't have to abuse it.

On the issue of being active, when you are active and make good posts you can get more karma than a member who is inactive even if he makes good posts occasionally.

[PX-Z]

I just wanted to ask, is it only the senior members in this forum that can give karma, or the forum it self give karma,

Only Sr. member rank and above can give +- karma, you are one step to go.
About those first users.

because definitely everybody im this forum started from somewhere k belive, so how did the first people that started got their karma?

This is something you should ask to OGs here. But just like i mentioned below, it always one of them for sure.

And also do they give karma to users in this forum that post vital stuffs and are always active?

Karma are given freely to quality posts, helpful answer, informative posts, as thank you, etc. So as long as you are friendly, answering posts based on facts you're good. Having always active won't earn you +, especially if the posts you made are half-assed posts, not informative and always on anger or aggressive tone.

[Litzki1990]

I just wanted to ask, is it only the senior members in this forum that can give karma, or the forum it self give karma, because definitely everybody im this forum started from somewhere k belive, so how did the first people that started got their karma?
And also do they give karma to users in this forum that post vital stuffs and are always active?

According to the rules of this forum a senior member can give karma to any other member either positive karma or negative karma, but negative karma is rarely used in this forum. As for giving karma, if you think another member has made a good post and has added enough information to his post that will be helpful to others, you can add a karma to his profile. When you give karma to another member for a good quality post, that member will be more interested in posting and will try to post better quality. If someone else is inspired by one of our small actions, then it is much better to do that small action

[Jokers]

or the forum it self give karma

There's no automated karma given to anyone. All karma is given by other users for different posts and contributions. If others see your posts worth giving +karma for them, they do so. If others think that your posts or behavior is bad enough to give -karma, they can do so also.

[DabsPoorVersion]

I just wanted to ask, is it only the senior members in this forum that can give karma, or the forum it self give karma, because definitely everybody im this forum started from somewhere k belive, so how did the first people that started got their karma?
And also do they give karma to users in this forum that post vital stuffs and are always active?

Yes, senior members and up are the only ones allowed to give karma to other forum members. Meaning, that if those allowed to send karma saw helpful posts/threads they can send karma to that certain user even if he is high rank or low rank.

Being active depends on you, but there are benefits to being active. You can gather knowledge with every new thread being created by another user, and you can also join raffles and different campaigns to make extra bucks. But it doesn't mean you can immediately get karma just by doing that, you can earn karma by posting important information, that kind of information that can be beneficial to anyone who can read it.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

I probably have joined this forum but wasn't active when the karma system was introduced on this forum, and I've never really bothered to try to find out it's history, but what I do think is that, it's very possible that some users have already got to the level of senior members through their activity score on the forum before the karma system was introduced, and with enough senior members and above rank, karma was easily spread across to other low ranking members at the time, which also helped them to rank up to senior levels and joining in the Karma distribution.

And to the second part of your question @op, Karma is not auto given, it is users like you and I that gives each other karma, be it positive karma or negative Karma, this is actually why it seems like for some users, it's more difficult to earn karma because of their posting style, users award positive Karma to posts they find interesting, useful or helpful to a good degree.
So, if you want to grow your positive Karma, only make good quality posts and Karma will surely flow your way.

[joniboini]

And also do they give karma to users in this forum that post vital stuffs and are always active?

Finding the topic that you're interested in might help you a bit in posting meaningful posts. For example, if you like trading then post an in-depth analysis of why you predict BTC will hit $100k using Bollinger Band and SMA, etc. I never go out of my way to make posts to get karma, I just focus on stuff that I'm interested in (and naturally have some bit of knowledge around it) and I get some karma here and there. I don't think my activity has anything to do with it either. Obviously you'll get more if you create new interesting topics with good discussion every day, but it takes a little bit of effort to do that and if you're not careful you'll likely end up spamming one or two boards doing that.

[Lucius]

I probably have joined this forum but wasn't active when the karma system was introduced on this forum, and I've never really bothered to try to find out it's history, but what I do think is that, it's very possible that some users have already got to the level of senior members through their activity score on the forum before the karma system was introduced, and with enough senior members and above rank, karma was easily spread across to other low ranking members at the time, which also helped them to rank up to senior levels and joining in the Karma distribution.
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It is possible that the whole thing is similar to the introduction of merits on BTT, because then everyone received a certain amount of merits, and some became a source of merits. Even if karma was something that existed from the beginning of this forum, it could only be available to admins who, if I'm not mistaken, are the only ones who can give more than 1 karma at a time (maybe some special ranks can do that too).

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

, so how did the first people that started got their karma?

Just like on Bitcointalk, when the merit system got initiated there, every member was given a specific number of merits based on their activities to qualify for their rank. 

I don't know how it was done on this forum when karma started, but I am guessing that it might have been done the same way as BTT, or probably every rank was allowed to give karma in the past, and at some point, it was only limited to Sr. Member rank, either way.

For junior member ranks up to legendary rank, it is only activities that are required, so even if the karma system got introduced later, it was still possible that admin allowed only senior members to send out karma. 

Sit back and relax; you will soon get to the senior member rank, and you can give out karma. 

[Jokers]

I don't know how it was done on this forum when karma started, but I am guessing that it might have been done the same way as BTT, or probably every rank was allowed to give karma in the past, and at some point, it was only limited to Sr. Member rank, either way.

Well, I came here not from the very beginning, about a year after forum launch, but karma was here already and it had totally no impact on ranking up at that moment. And as far as I remember it was limited to Senior and above at that time also. There was no karma airdrops, so all karma amounts are earned by users. But some users changed their karma to forum tokens in previous years, so some users have a bit less karma than they could if they didn't spend it.

[DabsPoorVersion]

I don't know how it was done on this forum when karma started, but I am guessing that it might have been done the same way as BTT, or probably every rank was allowed to give karma in the past, and at some point, it was only limited to Sr. Member rank, either way.

Well, I came here not from the very beginning, about a year after forum launch, but karma was here already and it had totally no impact on ranking up at that moment. And as far as I remember it was limited to Senior and above at that time also. There was no karma airdrops, so all karma amounts are earned by users. But some users changed their karma to forum tokens in previous years, so some users have a bit less karma than they could if they didn't spend it.

That's surprising to know that aside from points earned through posting, karma can also be exchanged for tokens in the past. This made me look for any discussions or threads related to that. This brings me to this topic, which can also be found on the news in the upper right corner.

- Behaviour, are you good or bad > Measured by Karma, negative karma leads to token forfeit, positive karma can be exchanged into tokens.

I also see that the thread was updated recently, which is last January, so I am assuming that this is still valid, and we can exchange positive karma till now?

[Thyplaymaker]

At first those who can give others karma , are from Snr members and above. And you can earn karmas by posting quality post that are either impacting or contributing. While one can earn negative karma, by spamming, posting shit post and also breaking the forum rules. Also you earn points from posting , that why anytime you post your points always addup. So if you wanna enjoy what this forum can offer , go through the rules of the forum to avoid any form of breaking them.

[Jokers]

I also see that the thread was updated recently, which is last January, so I am assuming that this is still valid, and we can exchange positive karma till now?

Last time when I saw admin's statements this year, he said that this option is still valid. But it is not what promised forever and I'm not sure it will be valid each ALTT or ALTS payment, better to ask when next payment time will be announced. As to me, I'm not going to change my karma into tokens ever, because I think that karma is more valuable.

[DabsPoorVersion]

I also see that the thread was updated recently, which is last January, so I am assuming that this is still valid, and we can exchange positive karma till now?

Last time when I saw admin's statements this year, he said that this option is still valid. But it is not what promised forever and I'm not sure it will be valid each ALTT or ALTS payment, better to ask when next payment time will be announced. As to me, I'm not going to change my karma into tokens ever, because I think that karma is more valuable.

I will make sure to do that since it makes me very curious, especially about the conversion rate  the difficulty of earning karma is harder than accumulating points. I mean, it needs to produce something for the better of this forum and a post where it can make someone voluntarily send positive karma.

I also plan to keep my karma, as I stated, earning it is hard and the admin might have other plans on it in the future.