I fear I would end up with a negative score.

You cant be serious... Now if this were EA and you were CEO there...then you might end up with negative karma. Then again if this was EA i would not be making a comment like this as you would never have shown yourself on the forums.

Though negative karma has it's place, probably, i think it would be abused far more than positive karma has or too much. I mean look at KP, he has over 30 karma and that just can't be right....

Don't worry, i'm sure that in the nearly 2 1/2 years that i have been a regular on this site i have caused enough grief that a line will form to neg me should it be implemented.....
We'll have our own -100 club and not let the mere annoying join...you must be truly a thorn in someone's side to gain entry...

It will end up being used as a "weapon" in flame wars. People think more before giving any kind of Positive view - on anything. The flip side is people in general get Negative at the drop of a hat, and for trivial reasons. It would be abused and become a nightmare.

Regards
Zy

Damn, I was hoping nobody would notice. So now the "Doom Rays for Karma" scandal must come out!  Karma-Gate?   

Sentient species taste better...

Karma Gate - dude you just made my day and its only 8:20 AM.

But I'll testify for you. I mean, you gave me my one and only little tiny karma point. I can be bought.


Anyway... I agree that it would be abused. Honestly, sometimes people deserve a bit of a slap on the wrist for their posts / responses, but then they'd give negative karma to who ever set them straight.

A couple other ideas for karma:

1. The ability to see who it was from. Some of us have taken to "signing" our karma messages, so that people can do this.

2. Be able to to see how much karma you've given out, and who you've given it to.

Sentient species taste better...

How about this...

Inorder to give someone Bad_Karma , you first need to generate Good_Karma , like ammunition.

Things I'd like to see:

• Users accrue karma over time.  Higher user ranks accrue it faster.
• You can only give away karma you have
• Negative karma can be given anonymously
• Negative karma can be reported to forum moderators for abuse (Over-reporting would be handled by the same moderators)
• Karma would have some value - coupons for Stardock apps?  Fake gifts (like in Facebook)?  Rides on Frogboy's boat?
  

Propositions:
-There should be different kinds of karma, so that you can indicate what behavior you're referring to.
-People with a lot of positive karma should be able to give out more karma to others.
- N00bs should not be able to give karma, until they have some positive karma.
- Posts that accumulate large negative score should be deleted. We don't want to bother reading something the majority of people doesn't like, do we?
- Threads with positive karma should float up and change color, and get some kind of blinking icon.
-People with large negative karma should be automatically tagged with appropriate tags, like "moron", "idiot", "troll", etc.
-People with large amounts of positive karma should be also tagged, like "awesome dude", "community defender", "the guy we all agree with", etc.
- For emergency cases there should be some kind of "shut the fuck up" button, which greatly decreases the karma of the target at the expense of your own.

Optional:
- Add features that would make the forum similar to RPGs: hit points, skills, classes, etc. Like on forumwarz.
- Restrict the length of posts. I mean, who would want to read through 8 KB of bullshit just to vote someone up or down? That's inefficient.
- All the karma information should be updates in near real-time through AJAX.
- There should be something on this forums that uses Google technology, because Google is awesome.

That's my modest opinion. If you don't like my opinion, it's just your opinion. Remember, having discussions is not that important. The important thing it to be social and promote niceness of the community, and participate, and contribute. Also, if you're against negative karma you support trolls.

...which is your opinion.

Nothing is stopping me from giving you karma right now, but dissing you in the description lol.

I the only one who noticed this?

But I do believe that negative karma is a very BAD idea. It can, and WILL be abused. As aforementioned, in every flame war, it shall be used as a tool of destruction. Like 'player reputation' on xbox live, its messed up. barely any people give good reps, and the annoying ones give bad reps. Its an unbalance. "Those who mind don't matter, those who matter don't mind." - Idontknowwho. Its a great quote, and sums it up.

Oooo . .. Stardock brand honey!  Could I use karma to buy some?