Your criteria to grant +/- Karma to someone!

[joniboini]

I don't really give negative karma unless an account is a bot, but I tend to put anyone who posts repeated points, quotes the whole post but only responds to one point, or says low-quality things like "thank you" without further comments, usually end up in my ignore list. It's not like I won't see their posts again in the future, but I feel that they need to make more than one quality post to improve their image and get karma from me. It made me a bit biased if the first few posts that I see from a user are somewhat low-quality. Judging from some of the comments above, are people using AI that prevalent? I tend to find more spammers instead of AI posters.

[SamReomo]

You are doing right, if I am not wrong I only send negative karma twice here until now for the post that made with utternonsense and no one will benefit from reading them

Thanks, and yes you did very well by sending negative karma to the posts which were giving nonsense information that could not be helpful for anyone. It's always better to send negative karma to those who post spam or plagiarized content.

I suggest using - Karma when you feel someone is actually using AI because no one is going to benefit from a genric reply created by bot

That's a quite good suggestion, and yeah I believe we all should try to send as many negative karma to the posts that contain AI generated content as we possibly can. I have personally not seen any posts that contain AI generated content but when I see such posts then definitely I will send negative karma to such posts because those posts are not useful for anyone and such posts allow AI spammers to post more AI generated spam in future.

[Litzki1990]

When a member posts he has to give positive karma or negative karma but there are no mandatory rules like this but since there is a system of giving karma we can use its positive.  If a member has made good quality post and his post has enough information then you can give him a positive karma but if that member can't make good quality post then avoid his post but there is no need to give him negative karma. If the post is too bad then you can point out his mistakes and give him the information so that he can post correctly next time so that he will get proper suggestion and not make those mistakes later.  But not all users are the same there are some users who follow others and they use negative karma more than positive karma.

[examplens]

Every post that improves the discussion on the topic gives a new solution, or a new constructive opinion deserves karma +
At the same time, nonsense spam posts that are only there to fulfil the post quota for the campaign deserve karma -.
Personally, I have no problem rewarding such posts. It's a shame that we can't even have an insight into which post got karma (regardless of + or -) that would probably help many to recognize where they went wrong and what needs to be improved.

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I don't know what's the main purpose of karma here since they already removed the conversion of karma into ALTT tokens already.

Good news for us @LogitechMouse, I remembered reading about this thread this past few weeks that this rule or the conversion of + karma to ALTT token is valid again. The admin updated the rule and you can request to convert it if you want.

This is wrong because karma is the only parameter whether a user contributes to quality, without having to read all his posts. It is very useful for campaign managers and facilitates the candidate selection process.

If it is already possible to convert karma points into ALTT tokens, maybe the admin could add certain badges like 100+ earned karma, 500+ etc... So even if he were to convert karma points into ALTT tokens, his previous contribution to the quality of the forum could still be recognized.

In the end, those who cheated are punished by deducting karma points, so in the end it equalizes the punishment of those who showed real quality.


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Right after I wrote this post, I opened a topic where the admin gives an explanation supplemented with screenshots, everything is more than clear. https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php?topic=313190

However, someone thought they had something to add, in addition to the fact that it does not refer to the problem that caused the topic to be opened, it is also very confusingly written, and it does not explain anything.

To go back to the same topic after posting you can click on your profile option from there you can go to show post option and click on the last posted post link but you can reach the previous topic. If you find this too cumbersome then the last post you post will be at the top of the specified section and your post will be at the very end. Your task is to find your post by going to the last page of the first topic in the specified section.

So what do you say, does this post deserve + or - karma?

[DYING_S0UL]

Until I figure out the forum properly, I am not giving out much karma (both positive and negative). I rarely give karma for a certain reasons. One of them is karma abuse. We all know that recently there have been many reports about karma abuse. And that's why I have restricted myself. Maybe 1 or 2 in a day, but no more than that. If it's highly informative or something I also believe, I send +1 karma.

If it is already possible to convert karma points into ALTT tokens, maybe the admin could add certain badges like 100+ earned karma, 500+ etc... So even if he were to convert karma points into ALTT tokens, his previous contribution to the quality of the forum could still be recognized.

It just sounds unfair. If that is really true and I wouldn't have any kind of recognition, I certainly wouldn't convert my karma to ALTT.

[DabsPoorVersion]

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Right after I wrote this post, I opened a topic where the admin gives an explanation supplemented with screenshots, everything is more than clear. https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php?topic=313190

However, someone thought they had something to add, in addition to the fact that it does not refer to the problem that caused the topic to be opened, it is also very confusingly written, and it does not explain anything.

To go back to the same topic after posting you can click on your profile option from there you can go to show post option and click on the last posted post link but you can reach the previous topic. If you find this too cumbersome then the last post you post will be at the top of the specified section and your post will be at the very end. Your task is to find your post by going to the last page of the first topic in the specified section.

So what do you say, does this post deserve + or - karma?

This is a sample post of a user who directly answers the thread's title. You can see that his answer does not follow the flow of the discussion, maybe without knowing that the thread was created by the admin giving an instruction or guide to this certain topic that was raised by teleported users a few months ago.

He also has a red or a bad color quality badge.

[Freemind]

Personally, threads/posts that help other users understand things well, in detail and in depth, always get +1 from me. Another important thing is that those threads or posts not only help current users, but will also help new users in the future, and that should always be appreciated and rewarded.

For users who only post spam and L.Q.P I have other tools, although I also use -1. But mostly, I use negative karma for posts or threads from users who disrespect others or feel superior.

I find this thread interesting and for everyone, since it collects the opinions and ways of acting of the members of the forum, which will be helpful, as I say, for current and future users.

@Findingnemo, +1.

[Findingnemo]

Most of us feel reluctant when we give +Karma because we are used to the merit system of BTT which is scarce though but we can be more generous in my opinion and will encourage the active users who are trying to contribute in any way they can in this forum can be motivated to continue their journey. I hope you see this and encourage anyone trying to keep the forum alive even if there is no financial incentive for them to be here.

[bounceback]

Currently I am active giving positive karma for user has qualities post and most useful and still not used negative karma although found some user have lower qualities of their post. I think its advantage or benefit from Karma we have and most active sending or giving appreciate for some one else has good post.
Some time confusing for sending positive karma because many user have increasing well their post qualities regarding limitation of positive karma available sending each eight hours. Wish will modify with karma sending procedure and make more limitation for sending every day appreciate user have good post qualities.

[robelneo]

I treat karma as the merit version of our other forum so if the post is rich in content and very informative I'm generous in giving karma compared to the other forum you have to get 2 merits to get one so if you don't have any more and you find some post that is worth it, you have to skip it.

I like the version here so it encourages more useful posts and all posts are equal as we cannot see karma it generates its to our judgement and is not influenced by others.

[bitbit97]

Most of us feel reluctant when we give +Karma because we are used to the merit system of BTT which is scarce though but we can be more generous in my opinion and will encourage the active users who are trying to contribute in any way they can in this forum can be motivated to continue their journey. I hope you see this and encourage anyone trying to keep the forum alive even if there is no financial incentive for them to be here.

That is actually true. People rarely give karma, because they drew parallels in their heads and think that karma=merit. Many still live in past and believe that it is hard or impossible to earn merit. Thus they find it hard to spend merit and save it for something very special, and similarly behave here.

But, there is also an opinion, since karma has nothing to do with ranking (its is not needed like merit), people dont bother giving positive or negative karma. They just ignore that option in general.

[TomPluz]

You can be specific cause this will be helpful for the forum members especially to newbies to understand when they will be awarded positive Karma and what they should do and don't.

I love giving +Karma to any member of this forum who I think is contributing some value to the forum. Now, with that said, my criteria for doing so can be so basic...share something in a nice and comprehensible way and you can be sure to get some +Karma from me. There is no need to be a potential Pulitzer winner in posting here. of course, there will be those who are exceptionally good and I value them for sharing their deep knowledge and experiences here. As to newbies, just do good and eventually you will get your +Karma and do not engaged in spamming and plagiarism or post non-sense replies...and you are on your way to be a better time here in ATT. As to -Karma, that is a big reminder that you are doing something bad and you must reform your ways while staying in the forum.

[bounceback]

I treat karma as the merit version of our other forum so if the post is rich in content and very informative I'm generous in giving karma compared to the other forum you have to get 2 merits to get one so if you don't have any more and you find some post that is worth it, you have to skip it.

I like the version here so it encourages more useful posts and all posts are equal as we cannot see karma it generates its to our judgement and is not influenced by others.

Karma get more advantage than merit because we can distribution karma every eight hour indeed received positive karma or not, difference with sending smerit we need received early before has capacity for sending smerit to informative post and has good qualities.
Every day if found informative, educative and most useful post always give them appreciated by sending karma points indeed the receiver not know who are the sender of positive karma to their account.

In bitcointalk forum we can see some one appreciated with our educative post because the sender of merit appearance in our account, but sender of karma seems not appear in our account and become anonym.

[bitmover]

Just to hear the opinions from the individuals about what they lookout for granting positive or Negative Karma. For example if you see a guide which could be helpful then you grant +1, when you see a reply that gives the actual answer for the query of topic starter and like that.

Mine is not that complicated - I simply just check if your post has contributed anything to an ongoing discussion or if you’re just there to echo what has been said a thousand times in that thread just to cover your weekly quota.

I do the same.

Good answers and when I learn something always receive +1 karma from me. I think that should be visible, as users could easily go to +karma posts and read what is useful faster. 

[Zed0X]

For -karma, I usually give it to some users with comments/post that look long or well-written but if you actually read it, they simply rephrases their first or second sentence. Word Salad is probably the closest term I could think of for that posting style.

For +karma, it's usually posts that I didn't know.