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flammadraco
When did the Karma and star system break down?
FlyersFan
flammadraco
when someone has more comments than stars on their stats I am a little more cautious when reading their posts.
That doesn't really work either. Stars are relatively new compared to how long some folks have been here. A lot of the folks who have been here a long while have tons of posts that were made before stars were available. So it looks like they have less stars than they should compared to their post counts. The whole 'star' system should be gotten rid of, IMHO. It's skewed and it encourages 'group think'.
FlyersFan
flammadraco
When did the Karma and star system break down?
MONTHS ago. If you see people with millions of stars and high karma (like my stats), it means they have been caught in 'the glitch'. It's been months .. and it doesn't look like it can be fixed. I have no idea how many stars I really have or what my Karma is. (I never kept track of it anyways) I don't know what they (admin) are going to do about it.
I still think the stars/karma thing should be ditched.
flammadraco
I thought of you as Buddha with such a high Karma Score, my world has just been an illusion
AccessDenied
reply to post by flammadraco
Ahhh,I see. So,now that you see how it really is,look at the site with new eyes.
Other people, but not YOU, of course, may be influenced by "Stars & Stuff," therefore they should not be displayed? Why does it matter to you what other people think? Would you prefer to do their thinking for them? If you don't think "Stars & Stuff" are worthwhile and pay no attention to them, why does it matter how many stars someone else has? It's irrelevant, right? You don't look at them. You don't care. Very likely, you don't even know what some of those numbers even mean.