bons's Journal: I'm really getting fed up with "Overrated"

The post in question

+1 interesting (3)
+1 interesting (4)
+1 interesting (5)
-1 Overrated (4)
+1 interesting (5)

And still my Karma dies. Why am I losing Karma for a posting still rated 5? I'll be danged if I know. Now I don't mind losing Karma for trolling or any other offense, but I'm really tired of losing Karma because one moderator didn't agree with another moderator's action. Don't punish me, punish the moderator. Drop their Karma down because it's obvious to me that the problem isn't my post, it's one moderator not agreeing with another.

My sig says: "Overrated" is Killing my Karma. It's not kidding. Either drop everyone's Karma down to 50 or stop punishing me for other moderator's actions. But please quit killing me slowly.

so?

[larry bagina]

Dear Sir;

could you explain why your karma matters?

things you can do with karma:

1. post goatse.cx links at +2
2. moderate/meta-moderate
3. ????

the slashdot moderation system sucks. Film at 11.

Re:so?

[bons]

Karma matters to me simply because it matters to me.

Do two peices of wood nailed to each other matter unless you happen to be a Christian? Does a swastica mean anything to anyone except the meaning the viewer places on it? And does it matter if that viewer is Jewish or American Andian?

For me, Karma is a quick way of comparing the number of posts I've made with their "success", in other words, how well I could present my viewpoint to the target audience.

That stopped back when they finally froze Karma, but by that point in time, I was more interested in not upsetting people than anything else, because Slashdot changed, it's membership changed, and I changed. And watching my Karma dive gave me the false impression of being "a bad member". i.e. someone who's time is best spent elsewhere.

But that's what Karma means to me. If it doesn't mean that to you, that's your choice. You get to choose your own fetish objects and measurements in this game of life.

Welcome to the club

[forged]

it's been reported before by FortKnox [sourceforge.net] and myself [sourceforge.net]. But the reaction of Taco and co is pathetic, they won't admit that this is opening the door for abuse so they won't do anything about it.

Live with it. Karma isn't the ultimate thing in life!