UO Second Age

Malaikat wrote:I don't see the mechanism for rating posts...I've been through my settings and didn't see anything there that was of of place. What am I missing?

Light Shade wrote: You got down-voted enough before you logged in. So you can't see it or access it. This is what chum was talking about with allowing users to vote, even if they had negative karma.

I would say all users should get a vote, but only allowed to cast 1 vote for each person they "rate"...which can be changed at any time.

-L/S

Malaikat wrote:

Light Shade wrote: You got down-voted enough before you logged in. So you can't see it or access it. This is what chum was talking about with allowing users to vote, even if they had negative karma.

I would say all users should get a vote, but only allowed to cast 1 vote for each person they "rate"...which can be changed at any time.

-L/S

Light Shade wrote: Its not fair that Malaikat can't fight back! Free Malaikat from his forum reputation shackles!

chumbucket wrote:I still think forum karma is of minor value and quite amusing.

No player should put much stock in it, and the only stock they should put in it at all would concern how nice a person is generally speaking. And, as I have said already, that does not translate into whether the person will kill you, steal from you, etc.. This is a game and those are parts of the game. It can, however, tip you off that some, even people who behave well, are unpleasant people. Certainly, it isn't fool proof. Even a very nice might get down-voted due to the cA Karma Conspiracy (TM), but, typically, low karma indicates an unpleasant person (though there is one major flaw discussed below).

A few possible improvements on the system:

1. You can only rate a player once ever, but that rating can be taken back or changed. Maybe the same for posts too.
2. Ratings are only 1 or -1.
3. People with negative karma can still rate others. Right now, I think the system is distorted because if some group gets downvoted quickly by another group, then they cannot retaliate. And the retaliation is useful, since karma is only a function of popularity with others players. Lack of retaliation makes the aggressors seem more popular than they are.
4. We as a community need to make absolutely clear to new players the limits of the system. Point them towards me: I have very high karma right now, but they cannot trust me at all.
5. Perhaps a limited number of votes per day per account? Could help with the retaliation problem above by slowing down votes so that no one gets destroyed instantly by the cA Karma Conspiracy, etc.

GuardianKnight wrote:*goes through all of chumbucket's posts and down votes* HAH GOT YOU.....