Nice system.  Me like.

Huzzah!....cheers Coonce :)

Sounds workable to me.

You're trying to play GOD?!

I guess this is an improvement but this just feels like it could hurt even the well meaning. Guess I need to see how it works.

Well, at least the moderators are keeping it in check. I really wouldn't want to see it become a tool that idiots could abuse. "Halo 3 is teh sux?! I ARE FLAGGING U!"

So the

"So the

[ + ][ - ]

Is the karma system now?"

"Endogene said:

"So the

[ + ][ - ]

Is the karma system now?"

No they are getting rid of that.  There will be an option to flag a user's post so a moderator will check it out.  That's where the karma system comes in."

Hey guys -- we had a little hic-cup post launch and as I'm sure a lot of you have seen, NOBODY was able to post on the boards or in comments. This has been fixed and we're back to normal. This was not an issue with the new karma system. It was a configuration error we had in our forum code. 

Is there any way to view our karma count?

Also, there's weird spacing on our own posts now, in the bottom right:

Yeah, it looks like it says to delete a flag, when it's actually meant to be separate.

"Is there any way to view our karma count?

Also, there's weird spacing on our own posts now, in the bottom right:

"

Interesting!

"Is there any way to view our karma count?

Also, there's weird spacing on our own posts now, in the bottom right:

"

garbage. +/- was awesome fun

Meh, not exactly sure it's a good idea. I guess I'll just have to wait and see.

So basically, if I say "I don't like Halo. It's pretty lame in my opinion" and ten peope that disagree with me flag my post, I automatically can't post anymore until a moderator sees it? Please tell me this isn't true.

"So basically, if I say "I don't like Halo. It's pretty lame in my opinion" and ten peope that disagree with me flag my post, I automatically can't post anymore until a moderator sees it? Please tell me this isn't true."

It isn't true.

"garbage. +/- was awesome fun"

"crunchUK said:

"garbage. +/- was awesome fun"

I will miss being able to simply +1 people to show my appreciation at an awesome post. "

I don't see why the person that tagged the offensive content would lose points.

"I don't see why the person that tagged the offensive content would lose points."

"Bellum said:

"crunchUK said:

"garbage. +/- was awesome fun"

I will miss being able to simply +1 people to show my appreciation at an awesome post. "

YEah, it like... let you know what people thought of your views"

"Pro tip: If you enjoyed a post or topic made by someone, send them a wall comment and express that gratitude via a short message. Or reply to their topic with a comment stating you enjoyed their earlier reply or whatever :)As for the new Karma System it is awesome. Very awesome. And for those worried about it being abused or being the victim of abuse, no worries. We have that covered on our end, we can deal with trouble makers a lot quicker and easier now. And all you guys and girls have to do is click a button when you see someone posting something they shouldn't. Instead of sending us a PM."

Or quote them and say "I agree with what you said" in the thread?

Sounds quite workable. How can you check where your Karma points stand?

You can't, I think.

"Or quote them and say "I agree with what you said" in the thread?"

Oh well. Life's not easy.

"Oh well. Life's not easy."

"I don't see why the person that tagged the offensive content would lose points."

"So basically, if I say "I don't like Halo. It's pretty lame in my opinion" and ten peope that disagree with me flag my post, I automatically can't post anymore until a moderator sees it? Please tell me this isn't true."

But people with tiny penises and anger at the world won't care about losing a point for "I don't like Halo." Make it so that you only lose karma for the first instance of a post being tagged. In other words, make it so that when 10 DIFFERENT posts get tagged you can't post on the site. Also make it so that we can check our karma points.

This solves my problem with the flawed [+] [-] system. I didn't like how anonymous everything was. Maybe the old system would have been fine if mods could track down whoever abused the + or the -, but this is a good solution overall.

But are you told who flagged your post? If not, there is no way you can call the previous system too anonymous.

"But are you told who flagged your post? If not, there is no way you can call the previous system too anonymous."

Anyway, I don't even believe in Karma. That means I can't be muted, right?

sounds good, even though i agree with crunch, seeing a post of yours that has had a few +'s is pretty "rad".

But this works too.

It's too bad you can't give +1 karma to cool posts, and users could 'compete' to get the highest... but that would involve people making 2nd accounts and modding themselves... so yeah, never mind.

i think we should still have the +/- thing though. it was good for the users, not so much the mods. 

The more I hear about it, it sound a bit better but I don't like the idea that the reporter loses points. I guess it is better that someone loses their ability to flag at -5, but still....I don't know. I guess I will get used to it.

I would so give you a +1 right now...

I just made my first flag. It felt soo good...

The reporter loses a point because if they didn't you'd have people trying to flag stuff just to go to war with people and the mod queue would fill with fake reports. With this, there is a very slight consequence to making the decision to flag someone. The reality is that it would be pretty rare for you to feel the need to report more then 5 posts on the boards a day.

That sounds wonderful . God I love Giant Bomb .

Sorry to seem like a jerk, but I give this karma system a -1.
I'm not feeling it. I guess it'll work better for you guys, but for us it takes away a lot of the fun. :(

I don't think anyone saw the rating system as a means to moderate, rather a way to see what the general opinion of GB users was toward a particular point of view. As for the anonymity, the PMs were gotten rid of without finding a suitable replacement - I agree that if someone marks a -1, then that should be public. So perhaps there could have been an expansion over the ratings showing which users voted one way or the other.

This system is a completely different system, it's not a replacement, so there is no explanation as of yet why the +/- system was gotten rid of. So why was that?

Sounds good to me. As long as you're sure it can't be abused, then I'm happy. Would it be possible to add in the + system still, though? Then the + acts as the good post, and the flag acts as the bad post (kinda).