twesterm on 06 August 2008
| rendo said: That's why they're only allowed limited points, so they can't repeatedly camp things they don't like. The only get points for contributing. Plus if people do abuse it, they can be punished with not being able to use the points. Plus people that bring down posts/threads, others can bring back up. |
I've even seen that abused.
- If you limit the amount of points a user gets, they make multiple accounts.
- Even if they can only do so much per day, they will do that every day.
- These things are generally anonymous so it's no possible to punish people.
- Even if it wasn't anonymous why should people be punished for giving their opinions on a thread when that very system is about giving opinions?
Believe me when I say this, karma systems do not work and ruin forums.
If you have a problem with a post or thread, you can do two things:
- Report the post or thread. If it really is a problem due to content, being a duplicate, flamebait, whatever, the mod will take care of it. That is why we have mods.
- If there isn't a problem with a thread or post but you just don't like it, ignore it. It's not that hard.
