Journal isorox's Journal: No +2? 13
Not got plus two for your karma? Same here.
Why? Slashdot's changed - have a look under "preferences, comments". See that box saying "Karma Bonus (modifier assigned to posts where the user has good karma)"?
If you value the opinions of good posters, set it high, +3 maybe. If you only like trolls, set it to -6.
I dont know why it doesnt default to +1 though.
Oooooh.... (Score:2)
Re:Oooooh.... (Score:2)
I usually post at +2, but sometimes post at 1 when I feel that my comment is less insightful then others (and I want people to read the other comments first).
Re:Oooooh.... (Score:1)
How odd...
I'll make this post at +1 just to see what happens.
This new feature might be for the good. If everyone with Excellent Karma post at +2, it only encourages the status quo.
I wish Slashdot had a place to discuss these new features of Slashdot.
Re:Oooooh.... (Score:2)
After switching my karma bonus back to +1, your first post was rated 2, and your second post (to which I'm following up) was rated 1 (because you did what you said, you checked the "No Karma Bonus" box).
CmdrTaco will probably post a journal entry about this in a little while.
Re:Oooooh.... (Score:1)
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Then you won't see any difference in a post's score whether or not someone elects to select the "No Karma Bonus" box when posting.
Re:Oooooh.... (Score:2)
And I usually post using the Karma-based Bonus except on those very rare occasions when I just can't resist adding a jibe that I just know someone out there could treat as flamebait if I don't keep a low profile.
It's a bug (Score:2)
I like it! (Score:1)
I've set my bonus modifier to -1, so now the problem goes away!
Re:I like it! (Score:2)
No, it should be used unless there's a good reason not to. The reason you have it in the first place is because you apparently post things that people find to be interesting, insightful, funny, etc. Unless you know you're posting something fairly unimportant, then there's no sense in not using the bonus.
Re:I like it! (Score:1)
If you prefer the "dinner party" environment, most stuff is less than important, but still fun/interesting to discuss, and anything offtopic is still interesting (ie: Top of thread should be marked offtopic, everything else is fine). Only if you are going to announce something really important, you get up, chime a glass and say it. But you don't do that often.
If you prefer the "legislative debate" environment, anything people say is directly related to the topic, anything out of that context or that is just a quip told to your neighbour is disregarded.
Depends on what you want slashdot to be. I like the first one. Neither is bad, but the root of the fact that certain trolls exist (for example) is because of the difference between those two environments, and the constant struggle between what slashdot should be. Of course, some trolls are just jerks in general.
Just my two cents.