The cancer that is killing BCF...

[Thom_NSR]

... isn't the age of the participants, or the date they joined, but the karma system.

If you give people an incentive to post in every thread in the hope of a positive rating, things eventually end up like this as the userbase grows.

As some people have figured out, sitting in the workshop section and spamming useless, vague and overly-speculative drivel in every thread there will rapidly get you the coveted gold blobs. The fact that your advice is shite doesn't seem to factor into it. This attitude carries over to a greater or lesser extent into every other part of the forum.

Does karma help or hurt this forum as it stands today? What purpose does it serve here other than to give people an almost always unjustified sense of superiority?

[Kickstart]

Hi

It does help, because it stops people getting too insulting and points out the real spammers quickly.

All the best

Keith
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[TUG]

karma pisses me off, i give out alot and just get a few for the odd post which is fine but when you get jamie stokes raping it for no reason what so ever it just aggrovates. hes what 14-15, karma rapes and like me posts shit.
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[GazzaThePiagg...]

Very interesting.


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[Thom_NSR]

[TUG]

whys everyone complaining about new people/users? if you dont like us then fuck off? i'm sorry but the whole bitchin on the newbies is getting fuckin old, you all started off in a similar way and was young once, we're young and imature... and? shall we grow instantly to the age of 30? its life, we are all different and if we all bought the same bikes and acted the same way then we'd end up like fuckin china.
i do post shit, so what?
rant over.
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[GazzaThePiagg...]

[Thom_NSR]

[Thom_NSR]

[TUG]

theres like 3 threads about new/young users in this section alone.
4 including this one.
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[Ste]

[Tristan.]

Meh, I quite like it, Always nice to know if I've said something amusing, and hiding spam posts saves the mods time.

[california_rookie]

It's one of the best features on this forum, imo. Mine hasn't changed for a couple years, but I can see how it helps on a daily basis. I struggle to think of a way, directly or indirectly, that it hurts the forum.
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[Ben.]

i post whatever pops into my head sometimes
just to be clear am i an annoying twat? if i am tell me why and ill try to stop
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[ncrn]

I reckon karma is a good idea as it can lead you to know what people like or dislike about your posting style.

I find it intersting how people rate my posts, it doesn't bother me if I'm honest. I rate posts that I find interesting as such, and I'll neg a post if I feel it deserves it. I hope that people rate my posts as such, I don't see much neg karma but I think that's just because I don't tend to write offensive/bad posts.

I reckon its a good idea that allows people to gain insight to how they are posting.
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[kitty kat]

I don't very often rate posts, but if is a particularly nasty one or a very good one I will rate it. I don't care about the blobs, surprised I have a few green ones tbh.

As has been said not all young people are idiots, I have been out a couple of times with some of them from the north section and each time I have thoroughly enjoyed their company and their opinions on things.
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[jackw72]

i try and be as nice/helpful as possible which in turn usually returns karma.

Karma on here is better than the real life stuff that can really kick you in the ass.

@Halflyfe One of the many secrets about getting people to like you is to think about what your posting before you post, and to not make stupid videos that may offend many people by disrespecting many of the traits that make a biker.

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[Feasty]

I'm just bemused by posts like this which is why I haven't voted, do some of you really actually give a shit if there are more yellow blobs next to your username than someone else!! That's just rather sad in the whole relation to life isn't it!?

I use this forum and post because I like bikes, can help some people, and get help from others. I don't care if I have 10 yellow blobs or 16 red ones - I am who I am and regardless of my 'karma' rating I ain't gonna change! There are some idiots on here though... I just ignore them.
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[GazzaThePiagg...]

[Dragonfly]

I like the karma thing. I messed up my own from gold to green by sticking up once for someone in f&w, think my karma is frozen though anyway I like giving karma where it is deserved. And people with red dots I stay away from.
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[Hetzer]

Negative karma is useful for those who don't have the intellect to debate, or are just plain snide cowards.

Positive karma is useful for showing appreciation for a useful, interesting or funny contribution.

And as credits for the F&FW juke-box.
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[slimjim04]

there has been some valid points already been said but,

my views



Karma system has its uses if used in the right manner,
but in my experience its not being used in the way it should, i rarely post outside of the SE section but thats my choice and most of my karma collected is from there.
but there has been the odd time where i wander out of the SE and post here sometimes and i get a Karma raping for it not only from new members but somtimes from long standing members.
theres also cases of karma bashing from friends of other users who you have cunted off, again abuse of the karma system giving out bad karma "cos you cunted my friend off".

the thing theat gets my goat up is instead of posting and saying " hey slim i dont agree and think your talking total bollocks "
people hide behind the karma system and your posts.



i might not post intersting shite here, ok fair enough then just hit the reply button and get your point across instead of hiding behind the karma system.

give posative/negative Karma where due but come on use it properly.


Slim
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Well said slim, but I have no karma left at the moment, how ironic.
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