lady is right, the karma system is completely screwed.
it was designed to help the stupid posts (GET UR BOTZ HEER!!) off the damn board. instead, jerkwads and vindictive little retards decided to use it to rate people who didnt share their opinion, and rate people they didnt like for one reason or another.
its like giving a drunk, stupid, retarded, deaf, blind monkey a gun.... and a drop of acid.
the karma system is no longer used to keep spam and horrible things out, its used for revenge and petty differences.
lady is also right to be concerned. there are people who will go to the extremes for karma camping. they will create multiple accounts and camp the same person. the post may be completely informative... but the rater doesnt like the poster... so it gets rated alllll the way down to sub default, so no one gets to see it. yea, one person can do that.
theres not one god damn thing right about the karma system. it would **** you off too, if someone didnt read what you had to write, or hear what you had to say... simply because they are an idiot and dont like something you once said, or the look of your avatar.
ive been rated down for saying thank you. ive been rated down for giving advice, and even for giving tips. why? someone probably didnt like something i said X threads ago. ***** em, they can suck a fat one. if they are that concerned with my virtual standing, there is more that needs to be done in life. the only reason i could give a crap is because i itend for my posts to be read. if some jackass is going to stop my post from being read because of some god damn ridiculous reason he doesnt feel like sharing, im going to get pissed.