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NEW Karma system!

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Mr.Bishop
Posts: 22708 - Karma: 76,635
Hah well its not exactly new, but we took all your suggestions and are going to try something new with roughly the same formula.

However, its going to drastically change the amount of karma you have... the 1-100 thing really just seemed to put everyone around 50. Paul teamed up with a team of statistical mathematicians from MIT to figure out a new way to tweak the formula that calculates it...

Don't be surprised all of a sudden when your karma jumps anywhere from 5,000 to a couple million points. Now, its going to fluctuate a hell of a lot more, change instantly as you rate someone up or down, and still be based on a whole bunch of metrics from around the site.

So far it looks pretty good, but we'll just have to see what happenes when its released.

Should be later today or tomorrow, so don't be surprised when you see it!

May 6 2008 7:24AM
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steezyjibber
Posts: 15967 - Karma: 11,026
i like the sys
May 7 2008 3:04PM
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=nick=
Posts: 10471 - Karma: 2,182
haha yessss im #100


but what if i dont do skier stock xchange? does it make my rating lower?
May 7 2008 3:10PM
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Holte
Posts: 10740 - Karma: 7,814
the instant results with the new system are addictive. I've just been browsing NS for posts that make me laugh and raising people's karma. I think I need to get out more.
May 7 2008 3:19PM
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SK1ERDUDE
Posts: 1365 - Karma: 51
sweet
May 7 2008 3:29PM
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Ryno
Posts: 31125 - Karma: 336
One aesthetics thing, could you guys put comma's or spaces in the numbers...kinda hard to read all jumbled together

now
123456789

comma
123,456,789

space
123 456 789



:)
May 7 2008 3:33PM
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DopeSauce
Posts: 1677 - Karma: 26
Stoked! the old one was pissing me off
May 7 2008 3:39PM
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kabozo101
Posts: 4429 - Karma: 20
good stuff
May 7 2008 3:46PM
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eastAR5
Posts: 15084 - Karma: 730
good effort but i think it just makes the site look more complicated and nerdy
May 7 2008 3:46PM
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Mr.Bishop
Posts: 22708 - Karma: 76,635
Basically its like there's 20,000 very active members on here, and 90,000 that only post from time to time.

So everyone was around the middle because there was so many accounts that barely did anything that it just completely fucks up the system.

This way all those accounts just have almost zero Karma.

May 7 2008 3:47PM
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eastAR5
Posts: 15084 - Karma: 730
actually i take it back, that page is pretty cool. this is a very advanced website

https://newschoolers.com/web/members/members
May 7 2008 3:49PM
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Alex_thedroog
Posts: 3433 - Karma: 2
This is very cool, good job guys

the only thing I don't like is no commas for BIG numbers
May 7 2008 4:02PM
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=nick=
Posts: 10471 - Karma: 2,182
thing is when it was out of 100 you could tell if someone had good karma or not...now its just random numbers...wats the scale?!?!
May 7 2008 4:05PM
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HeathR
Posts: 4359 - Karma: 1,382
i was really confused for a second. I thought it was broken.
May 7 2008 4:09PM
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Dustin.
Posts: 13839 - Karma: 7,704
well low karma just shows they aren't as active.  it doesn't necessarily mean they are a cool person or not.
May 7 2008 4:10PM
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SirFryanator
Posts: 11149 - Karma: 1,415
apparently you're cool, too. ZOMG BE MY FRIEND

I think it's cool that NS has an immediate response, but the scale of up to a million is too much.
May 7 2008 4:13PM
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Bees_Knees
Posts: 784 - Karma: 26
this sounds sick.. now its time to check my karma
May 7 2008 4:27PM
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Ryanvdonk
Posts: 12811 - Karma: 1,971
you really needed someone from MIT to make the numbers more confusing? cause it doesn't seem to transfer over from what it was.
May 7 2008 4:27PM
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Pippin
Posts: 4846 - Karma: 661
i whole hartedly agree...bishops karma number is to hard to read
May 7 2008 4:43PM
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grams.
Posts: 7406 - Karma: 186
If this karma system actually works and is effective I like the new change. The only thing I don't like is it just looks ridiculous kind of with all the extra numbers now and stuff, just looks a little more cluttered.
May 7 2008 4:53PM
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Bigwoods
Posts: 3116 - Karma: 76
Doug's killing the karma points.
Seems legit, what about average and what's better then average?
May 7 2008 5:00PM
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bp.lando
Posts: 9297 - Karma: 1,495
these numbers are huge, im sure we'll all get used to it, at the moment is mind boggling!
May 7 2008 5:08PM
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Ryanvdonk
Posts: 12811 - Karma: 1,971
simmer's karma is lower than lesh? by 35000? something is wrong.
May 7 2008 5:21PM
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yelsel
Posts: 12967 - Karma: 3,451
yeah I noticed schmuck's karma is mad low too....actually a few people are
May 7 2008 5:23PM
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eheath
Posts: 61602 - Karma: 123,032
Hell yeah im almost top 100.
May 7 2008 5:30PM
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Ryno
Posts: 31125 - Karma: 336
rank em up...you should see changes now
May 7 2008 5:37PM
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StanMcStanson
Posts: 2773 - Karma: 11
Props, I like the way you can see it go up and down as you change people's karmas.
May 7 2008 5:45PM
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Hannah.
Posts: 4625 - Karma: 56
retarded question but how i read it it made it seem like if we rate people lower, our rating decreases too?
May 7 2008 6:06PM
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RudyGarmisch
Posts: 25443 - Karma: 13,844
Now I know who to bump off, muahahahahaha...
May 7 2008 6:18PM
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huckaberry
Posts: 993 - Karma: 14
tight
May 7 2008 7:10PM
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papasteeze
Posts: 12055 - Karma: 913
you just went from zero to 603

;)
May 7 2008 7:13PM
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Caveman.
Posts: 9067 - Karma: 330
when will the "what others rate me" section of our profile work?
May 7 2008 7:14PM
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Jhorski
Posts: 648 - Karma: 45
This seem a little pointless but bigger numbers do look cooler so, i like it
May 7 2008 7:35PM
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lushlaxstr
Posts: 3063 - Karma: 41
haha sick

May 7 2008 8:03PM
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Piste.Off
Posts: 11586 - Karma: 1,860
its not pointless, its a better way to accurately rate a member's contributions and its more interactive then the previous 1-10 scale.

good job i really like guys.

what is around the average or middle karma rating now
May 7 2008 8:05PM
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Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 150
I used to think I was cool. Obviously nahhht!
May 7 2008 8:06PM
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bp.lando
Posts: 9297 - Karma: 1,495
i still think you're cool!
May 7 2008 8:08PM
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snwbrdmilf
Posts: 22441 - Karma: 2,805
Ummm you are cool. PH status says so.
May 7 2008 8:15PM
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Bean_Slc
Posts: 514 - Karma: 25
so i guess im not cool...
May 7 2008 8:57PM
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Barf.
Posts: 1188 - Karma: 123
What we really need is a whole bunch of Hindus.
May 7 2008 9:07PM
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TerminatorX
Posts: 3087 - Karma: 169
So a couple of minutes ago, a kid posted a funny comment, so i went to bump their karma up a couple points. i wanted to bump them up from an n/a to a 7. i looked at their karma before and then after. and after bumping them up to a 7, their karma went down. so i tried it on another kid to find out that to actually raise someone's karma, you have to rate them an 8 or higher. i think that a 6  and a 7 should raise karma, not lower it.
May 7 2008 9:12PM
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Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 150
thanks! and thanks ash too!
May 7 2008 9:35PM
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coolhandluke
Posts: 4465 - Karma: 153
hi doug, i'd like to redeem all my karma points for Euros on a 1-to-1 basis.  thanks.
May 7 2008 9:35PM
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nkinsman10
Posts: 1088 - Karma: 45
i just downrated someone, and i actually saw a difference in their karma right away, whereas before it didnt work like that. i like the new system!
May 7 2008 9:53PM
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Lineskiah11
Posts: 2029 - Karma: 21
it jumps so much when you rate some one
May 7 2008 9:58PM
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Bigwoods
Posts: 3116 - Karma: 76
I found a glitch, not such a big deal.

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After I removed karma for obvious reasons one showed higher then the other..
May 7 2008 10:01PM
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nkinsman10
Posts: 1088 - Karma: 45
i am absolutely loving this, thanks ns
May 7 2008 10:01PM
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afton_steeze
Posts: 1765 - Karma: 92
let's see what yauch's karma is at now... =]
May 7 2008 10:12PM
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michelle
Posts: 6290 - Karma: 428
absolute shenanigans
May 7 2008 10:19PM
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mattster
Posts: 4120 - Karma: 41
i thought it was still out of 100, i was like, damn im amazing at ns...

but seriously i like this..
May 7 2008 10:25PM
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