Karma inflation... How to fix it???

[perkele]

I think Soklu nailed it earlier. Karma is supposed to be fun, a game. Nothing more. Unfortunately, a lot of people take karma VERY seriously.

There's something really wrong about that, can't quite figure our what.


Hmmm, think Perk think....

Originally Posted by hamstershaver
goodbye, digger its your board i guess and if thats how you want to run it, have fun with it. Klu have a nice life hope you find someone tht makes you happy. Sawastea, bran, and sore arms, ill miss you but im done

 

[Mr. dB]

Hmmm, think Perk think....

Don't strain yourself.

 

[Mr. dB]

Thats ok if you don't.

Do you enjoy being difficult?

 

[Big Rick Rock]

Do you enjoy being difficult?

? How am I being difficult?


Difficult would be trying to make you see things my way. I'm just telling you I'm not going to try and change your mind... To me it would seem that I'm being an easy going kind of guy.




-BRR

 

[black sheep]

Treat it like real currency - Subtract from the person giving the Karma the amount they give to another person. Just like money - you don't spend it without reducing the amount you have.

 

[samoth]

Reducing K by some factor doesn't in itself do anything for inflation but move us back down the curve. Only when coupled with a new formula can it hope to be effective and one can apply a new formula without the reduction in current holdings. Ergo the reduction in holdings is not pertinent.

23, 392, 11,654, 98,909, 1,298,455.... what's the difference? The numbers in themselves have no meaning.

23 karma points, 392 karma points, ... etc. has meaning -- it has a unit attached to it.

The only value of this virtual unit used here is its relativity (simplifying and leaving out store and other issues) to others that possess these units.

Ergo, a "reduction" could be looked upon more as moving things to a lower common denominator or something, not just, like, taking people's karma away or anything.

Although I do see EF's lawer will need to brush up on his tort law if the whole k-store and reductio ad renormalis thing were to happen, lol.

 

[Sanel27]

wow... You are wrong about a couple of things...

1. Yes... Lets make it even more fun by raising the stakes a little.

B. No reason to play if you not trying to win.

III. WRONG... Creating NEW karma will cause inflation. The bookie forum DOES NOT create new Karma. The bookie forum only redistributes Karma... redistribution is not the problem it will not cause inflation, the amount of NEW Karma being created daily WILL.
The only time the bookie forum MIGHT even create new Karma is by putting the bookie int he red... And even then it is just a loan.

d. Oh well.... piss-off 10-20 people today to fix a flawed system that will be in place for years to come. We are not taking anything away from anybody or anything. We are just looking at making the system better, if you can't see that ... then ... I'm sorry ... but progress must continue.

5. I have NEVER suggested taking Karma away from anybody. Our plans are to INCREASE its value not lower it.






-BRR

Well, i think that both Mr.dB and BRR had valid points here..................this is supposed to be fun, and we all play games to win.......

Karma Bookie is not to be blamed in any way as BRR said, they just re-distribute karma, not generate a whole lot more........

And there is not more than 15 - 20 regular bettors...............

 

[Big Rick Rock]

Treat it like real currency - Subtract from the person giving the Karma the amount they give to another person. Just like money - you don't spend it without reducing the amount you have.

Sounds pretty good. I heard this before from some of the Mods and Chairmen...







-BRR

 

[Mr. dB]

? How am I being difficult?


Difficult would be trying to make you see things my way. I'm just telling you I'm not going to try and change your mind... To me it would seem that I'm being an easy going kind of guy.

Perhaps you could explain why the present situation is somehow in crisis? I'm not as closed minded as you might think. I simply haven't seen a valid explanation for how the inflation is really a problem?

You should have seen the old karma system at Mr. X's board. People had hundreds of billions of K points, and were hitting in the tens and hundreds of millions. The system actually maxed out, at somewhere around 450 billion per user, their scores wouldn't go up anymore once they hit the limit. Some members hits were worth so much that they could max out someone else with just a couple of hits. It was hilarious.

The system here does not appear to be in any danger of reaching that point.

Here's a thought - each member could have a sort of karma allowance or daily karma salary, a figure that is less than the total number of karma hits they can give out in a day. Any hits they give out beyond that figure would come out of the user's karma total. For example, at present Platinum members can give out 30 karma hits per day. What if you removed that limit, but after 20 100% hits per day, any additional hits would come out of their karma total? Or for that matter, 20 100% hits = 30 75% hits = 40 50% hits, so on and so forth... After that, any additional hits would be the same as a karma store karma donation transaction. Or would this be too terribly complicated to program and administer? The end result would be less inflation.

 

[samoth]

Treat it like real currency - Subtract from the person giving the Karma the amount they give to another person. Just like money - you don't spend it without reducing the amount you have.

Logical fallacy of the undistributed middle, ergo a false premise. Also, Existential fallacym, fallacy of misplaced concreteness, ad nauseum. Your argument is totally non sequitur.

HTH