Seems people forgot about giving Karma

[albon]

Karma is a way to incentivize post contributors and all altcointalks users to post the next good comment. A good post donor is given positive karma for his inspiration. On the other hand, one is given negative karma only when he breaks forum rules. A user will get positive karma only when his post carries good answers or good questions. So we need to keep these things in mind and encourage good posts with karma. Even we should to avoid negative karma always so remember the rules of the forum.

[Findingnemo]

TBH, I don't really understand your point. I suggest you don't view it too pessimistic. No one tries to hinder the growth of karma of certain members. It is impossible to hinder it because we have many people in this forum. Even if we don't send karma+ to him, other members will do it. You just accuse something unclear, mate.

Well, I understand why you don't get this because you are here from the beginning probably even before the Karma system was implemented so you assume things will be organic forever while recently most of us including myself came from bitcointalk where a similar system is in place which is merit which plays a vital role of user's reputation, a chance to be hired for the signature campaign, etc. So look from a different perspective if everyone felt the same way of not sending anyone Karma ever cause they want to get a spot in sig campaign? This thing will spread like the plague which obviously hinders the growth of the forum.

I see that people spend Karma but every post that deserves get one? I am sure not for whatever reasons like @Lucius pointed out that is why we need to address the situation and make it equal and fairly available not make it as scarce.

[Freemind]

You actually bring up a good point. If you see it is true that we have option to give unlimited karma in this forum but after that it is seen that many members are not interested in giving karma. And what I personally think as the reason for this is that they may think that if they give karma to others, their karma may be more than him, so they refrain from giving karma.
I think we should change this concept from within. I personally post up to 5 to 6 in a day on this forum and give most of those posts that deserve karma.

It is very possible that it is as you say, since I have sometimes thought the same thing. But looking at it from another angle, that should make the user who doesn't give karma for having more karma than others, think that he should possibly try harder. That way his karma will continue to increase as well as the karma of other users.

Personally, I don't go around hunting for posts that I could give +/- karma and I also don't keep a list. I do it when I see a good or spam post/comment but I can only give one to the same user even if I want to send more. The 10-hour limitation is sometimes a hindrance for cases like this.

It is true that the 10 hour limitation to give positive or negative karma can be a nuisance on many occasions, but that rule is very important to avoid abuse.

[Crypto Library]

It is very possible that it is as you say, since I have sometimes thought the same thing. But looking at it from another angle, that should make the user who doesn't give karma for having more karma than others, think that he should possibly try harder. That way his karma will continue to increase as well as the karma of other users.

I will also not disagree with your this opinion that rather than thought about why the user doesn't give you karma it will be more productive for our future. Actually this is also true that everytime what we think or what we see from our point of view that is might be different on the other peoples think or point of view.
I have just express my opinion and I think these kinds of mentality also have in our minds. And Hard work or dedication could be also lose these kinds of mind set and make about karma point ups. 

[JoyMarsha]

If there's a way we can find out about our karma history, this point you raised about forgetting karma by forum members would have been easy to trace, the rate at which karma flows in the forum.

However, it's all good how you brought this up for people to remember there's something like karma; it can be given to members who make positive contributions to the forum.

For me, I give positive karma each time I read about good posts. I just sent you a positive karma to confirm to you that karma is given to good posts

[bayu7adi]

However, it's all good how you brought this up for people to remember there's something like karma; it can be given to members who make positive contributions to the forum.

Yes, at least every time we want to post something, at least we also consider its quality, because there is a karma feature here that becomes our assessment. For those who do not pay attention to the existence of karma, they will find their karma minus, and for those who pay attention to karma, they will consciously pay attention to the posts and writings they make.

At least, remembering that there is a karma system should be a motivation for every user not to share bad things on this forum.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

+1 karma @Findingnemo.  Personally, I don't hoard karma just like the way I don't hoard merit, once I see any post or comment I like, I usually drop off some karma.  I think members are being too sentimental  in distribution of karma, it cost nothing to give out karma and I don't see reason why one must hoard karma.

[Legion]

However, it's all good how you brought this up for people to remember there's something like karma; it can be given to members who make positive contributions to the forum.

Yes, at least every time we want to post something, at least we also consider its quality, because there is a karma feature here that becomes our assessment. For those who do not pay attention to the existence of karma, they will find their karma minus, and for those who pay attention to karma, they will consciously pay attention to the posts and writings they make.

At least, remembering that there is a karma system should be a motivation for every user not to share bad things on this forum.

Yes, it is very crucial to determine the quality of each post since the karma system that defines a person’s reputation on the site plays an essential role here. In regard to karma feature, every user is supposed to be more careful when sharing something on the web and pay more attention if the content they put out is useful and appropriate. It can help us make better decisions on what to post, improve the quality of debate in the forum, and be a good netizen.

At the same time, the karma system can also be an additional incentive to publish only useful and constructive information. Thus, when users comprehend that karma expresses personal input and other peoples’ opinion, the segments will act more prudently and conscientiously concerning the information shared. It also enhances the standard of the content in the forum as well as the overall ambiance of the entire community.

[Lucius]

+1 karma @Findingnemo.  Personally, I don't hoard karma just like the way I don't hoard merit, once I see any post or comment I like, I usually drop off some karma.  I think members are being too sentimental  in distribution of karma, it cost nothing to give out karma and I don't see reason why one must hoard karma.

It makes no sense to compare karma and merits, because it is not possible to keep hoard karma, which is actually unlimited for all Senior rank + members. As I already wrote, for some members it is obvious that giving karma is a waste of time and supporting the "competition", for some others, maybe the whole thing with karma is confusing considering that they think that it works on the principle of merits.

[Asiska02]

Just as the title says, lately people seems to be forgot about giving Karma to the users/posts that has something to contribute in the discussion.

Even though you can give unlimited Karma unless merits are scarce due to the fact you need to earn two merits to give one now why you guys are not spending much Karma when you can.

Given karma may sound easy as you can give to as many people as you want since there’s no limitations of how many you can give but limitation to the timeframe you can spend to give more than one at a time to a particular account. Altcoinstalk may seem like a bit free with their karma given tactics but given out to valuable posts when you can and it’s worth it should be encouraged. I almost forgot about karma sometimes ago that it’s free, I always imagine it to be something that I need to have acquired before given out just like merits, but I know with time one will get use to it and give more karma to quality posts that deserves it.

[bitterguy28]

Just as the title says, lately people seems to be forgot about giving Karma to the users/posts that has something to contribute in the discussion.

Even though you can give unlimited Karma unless merits are scarce due to the fact you need to earn two merits to give one now why you guys are not spending much Karma when you can.

we all want to encourage and be encouraged in posting, interacting, and commenting here on the forum by giving out karmas but i don’t particularly think there’s a lack of karma giving people maybe just a lot of posts are not really that karma giving worthy maybe we should work on posting higher quality content

[Azharul]

Just as the title says, lately people seems to be forgot about giving Karma to the users/posts that has something to contribute in the discussion.

Even though you can give unlimited Karma unless merits are scarce due to the fact you need to earn two merits to give one now why you guys are not spending much Karma when you can.

I am not encouraging abusing it to every comment but it is important to recognize the active and helpful community member that will give further push for their contribution also I reckon most spend karma not really based on the merit of the post but rather just because they like the individual which is not the right way to do it.

I really appreciate everyone's opinions on this.

I am also agree with you, I also think that your post will be very useful for us. We can see that almost users don’t give karma. But i think that it will be inspire an user, so that the will be attention in our forum. So if we all conscious to this matter, then it will be best decision for us. But we also saw that some users are written by wrong decision.  But if we will be conscious to this matter. Then we must be improve in this section.

[Findingnemo]

we all want to encourage and be encouraged in posting, interacting, and commenting here on the forum by giving out karmas but i don’t particularly think there’s a lack of karma giving people maybe just a lot of posts are not really that karma giving worthy maybe we should work on posting higher quality content

The quality standards increased a lot in the recent times as well as the issuance of Karma but people are not using it most effectively just like many others mentioned due to the resemblance of merit system from bitcointalk but my point is it shouldn't be compared and people should encourage by identifying the real active users not based on other favours.

[bitmover]

Well, giving Karma is takes some time. It is much easier just to write and read posts. Giving +Karma (or -Karma) is an additional task.

Imagine the live of a merit source in BTT lol.

Anyway, I try to give karma as much as I can (my time is limited as well, but I try to give much karma, just like merits).

Open Karma logs would also solve this, imo. People would give less karma for people who doesnt give karma to anyone...

[dkbit98]

Imagine the live of a merit source in BTT lol.

It is not that different from any other regular member, but they have more available merits to send and receive.
Few days ago i said that I paused my karma activity sending, it has way to many limitations for my taste and I think members are not taking it so seriously like merits in bitcointalk forum (in the past).