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mac1 · 03-30-2003, 12:30 AM

What does the Applaud and Smite in the members listing mean?
At the moment everyone is 0, how does it change?

brian · 03-30-2003, 08:12 AM

It's for a feature not used at the moment, called "karma". When activated, two words appear beside a poster's avatar - "applaud" and "smite". If you think the post or poster was a jerk, you click on "smite". If you think it/they are cool, you click "applaud". Only able to do each person once an hour. It leads to people having a tally showing how popular or unpopular they are.

Won't use the feature, though, as could open up lots of playground silliness. If someone likes or dislikes a post or poster, let them say so with their name by the comment.

I don't like the idea of creating an opportunisitic environment for anonymous click campaigns. Maybe that's because I'm a stuffy old fart.

mac1 · 03-30-2003, 01:45 PM

No I quite agree. Everyone should be entitled to their opinion, whether anybody agrees with it or not. If they don't agree, and have a valid argument, then they will say so. If they don't have a valid argument (they are just being offensive for lack of an open mind), then it is likely to be them who get the "smite". :egypt1: