The Complete Guide to Karma (so far)
You get karma points from your fellow forumites on posts that you make, either negative or positive. Karma points are translated into power points, which will earn you extra privileges when you hit certain levels. We haven't decided yet what you'll get with your power points.
Below your avatar in your posts, you'll see "Power/Points:", followed by two numbers. The first number is your power number, the second is how many karma points you've racked up. Your power number is the number of karma points you give and take away every time you give karma to another member. For example, if your Power number is 18, approving a post by a member will net them 18 karma points. Disapproving a post will take away karma 18 points.
The more you post and the longer you're a member, the more power you gain and the more karma you can give and take away. You also gain power by getting positive karma from other members.
* For every 100 posts, you automatically get 1 point of power.
* For every 180 days you are a forum member, you get 1 power point.
* For every 100 karma points you receive, you get 1 power point.
You can give 10 karma clicks per day and you must give karma to 10 different people before you can give more karma to someone you've already hit. This prevents someone with an ax to grind from hammering you with bad karma.
Negative karma equals 0 power, regardless of your post count OR longevity. But the minute your karma goes positive, you get your post and longevity power points back. So you can start the day with negative karma and no power, then several powerful people give you positive karma and suddenly you're King of the Forums.
New members will start off with 10 points and must make 50 posts before their karma hits count. Newbies can still give karma to other members, leave comments and rack up karma themselves from other members, but they won't be giving or taking points.
You can view your karma comments on the main page of your Control Panel. The buttons to the left of the comments indicate your karma level for that particular post. You might have several members give you karma for the same post and the buttons denote your average karma on that post.
* Red=negative
* Green=positive
* Gray=balanced
For example, if member #1 gives you positive karma for a post, and member #2 gives you negative karma for the same post, they balance each other out and the button next to the post link will be gray.
