Karma
Jan 10th 2019, 2:44 pm
#182
I have a comma problem
Joined: Feb 2009
Location: Fox Lake, IL (from Carrickfergus NI)
Posts: 49,598
Re: Karma
Every so often I get scolded by the site for not spreading it around as much, which always sounded kind of rude 
Jan 10th 2019, 2:58 pm
#183
Heading for Poppyland
Joined: Jul 2007
Location: North Norfolk and northern New York State
Posts: 14,544
Re: Karma
I've once in a while received a one word karma message, LOL. Very unsettling. Does the person really mean "LOL, and I mean that sincerely!" or, "LOL, and I say that dripping with sarcasm."
Jan 10th 2019, 3:14 pm
#185
I have a comma problem
Joined: Feb 2009
Location: Fox Lake, IL (from Carrickfergus NI)
Posts: 49,598
Re: Karma
I wonder if I should now just start sending random smileys to random posts so there's now a whole bunch of people I've never interacted with on the forum wondering who the hell I am and why their post required the 'scarper' smiley as karma.
Jan 10th 2019, 3:15 pm
#186
Joined: Aug 2003
Location: East Seaxe
Posts: 72,549
Re: Karma
I have the same problem. I'm bad about karma so I've never "spread" enough.
Jan 10th 2019, 3:19 pm
#187
I have a comma problem
Joined: Feb 2009
Location: Fox Lake, IL (from Carrickfergus NI)
Posts: 49,598
Re: Karma
Whoever manages to get Nutek to post again gets all my karma for the next year though.
Jan 10th 2019, 8:48 pm
#188
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Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 38,613
Re: Karma
It may be that you personally may shrug off such a message however the BE community is made up from all manner of folk and some may feel negatively impacted by such secretly sent little nasties .
I realise some may see reporting such things as somehow weak or snitching in some way , however look on it as a bit of BE community public service. It may well help someone being secretly made to feel bullied or undermined in some way .
On BE we do not have positive and negative 'reputation'. It is deliberately set to positive only. That is what it is meant for . Good karma. Not bad karma in any way, shape , size or form. Period.
The Site Rules apply to the content of karma messages just the same as they apply to private messages or public posts and threads & it is actually quite important for the community as a whole that those standards remain in place for everyone .
Jan 10th 2019, 9:25 pm
#189
Joined: Dec 2001
Location: Dixie, ex UK
Posts: 52,448
Re: Karma
Then can you ,or anyone else on the receiving end , report that to me or a mod please. It matters not if the karma message is full on unpleasant or obliquely unpleasant. Any such reports remain confidential.
It may be that you personally may shrug off such a message however the BE community is made up from all manner of folk and some may feel negatively impacted by such secretly sent little nasties .
I realise some may see reporting such things as somehow weak or snitching in some way , however look on it as a bit of BE community public service. It may well help someone being secretly made to feel bullied or undermined in some way .
On BE we do not have positive and negative 'reputation'. It is deliberately set to positive only. That is what it is meant for . Good karma. Not bad karma in any way, shape , size or form. Period.
The Site Rules apply to the content of karma messages just the same as they apply to private messages or public posts and threads & it is actually quite important for the community as a whole that those standards remain in place for everyone .
It may be that you personally may shrug off such a message however the BE community is made up from all manner of folk and some may feel negatively impacted by such secretly sent little nasties .
I realise some may see reporting such things as somehow weak or snitching in some way , however look on it as a bit of BE community public service. It may well help someone being secretly made to feel bullied or undermined in some way .
On BE we do not have positive and negative 'reputation'. It is deliberately set to positive only. That is what it is meant for . Good karma. Not bad karma in any way, shape , size or form. Period.
The Site Rules apply to the content of karma messages just the same as they apply to private messages or public posts and threads & it is actually quite important for the community as a whole that those standards remain in place for everyone .
Last edited by Pulaski; Jan 10th 2019 at 9:27 pm.
Jan 10th 2019, 9:31 pm
#190
I have a comma problem
Joined: Feb 2009
Location: Fox Lake, IL (from Carrickfergus NI)
Posts: 49,598
Jan 10th 2019, 9:42 pm
#191
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Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 38,613
Re: Karma
If you have recd an unpleasant unwarranted karma comment then please PM me as per the directive by myself and the mods.
The mod team will discuss the whys and wherefores and get back to you.
OK. My own post was meant as a BE Admin reset reference the rules surrounding karma , as it seems that a few folk have been on the receiving end of secret unwanted messages. That is not what it is for .
As what is acceptable use of the karma message system & the action to take if it is felt it is being misused has been made clear , I am closing this thread . That prevents any further ambiguities in this.
Thanks
People, you are free to start another random fun thread re karma if you so wish.
