ikobi Posted June 4, 2002 Posted June 4, 2002 Cache Carma would be based on the kharma score concept from slashdot or, similarly, the feedback score on ebay. The basic idea is that rather than trying to have a high "rank" based on total finds or total posts, you're carma would rise based on your good deeds AS PERCEIVED BY OTHERS. Thus an interesting thread or post on the Forum would result in good carma, a bad post, negative carma. Trading up at a cache, good carma, trading down and leaving junk, bad carma. Quote
DisQuoi Posted June 4, 2002 Posted June 4, 2002 ... and it should be bad karma to he who rates someone elses karma unfavorably. Quote
+LarsThorwald Posted June 4, 2002 Posted June 4, 2002 ... or even he who misspells Kharma! Charlie "One should never begin a journey by heading in the wrong direction." Quote
OFF RODE Posted June 4, 2002 Posted June 4, 2002 We in Az have had cache Karma for along time...see this page. last column. "You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there." Yogi Berra Quote
ikobi Posted June 4, 2002 Author Posted June 4, 2002 quote: ... and it should be bad karma to he who rates someone elses karma unfavorably. You don't rate the carma (spelling chosen for alliterative purposes but also to distance from the all of the meanings around the word kharma), but rather the thoughtfullness of the post or the action. If you want to be extremely PC, you don't have to penalize for bad and merely only give to good. I think there are some advantages to sticks and carrots, though. For example, just 'cause you were good once doesn't mean that you don't have faults later. Quote
+The Cheeseheads Posted June 4, 2002 Posted June 4, 2002 I had the idea once that when you go to the log in page, there would also be a "user star rating" drop down, where the finder could rate the cache. It would just be an overall impression score, taking into account the actual difficulty, how fun/challenging it was to find, how well thought out the cache and its placement was, etc. All these user scores would be averaged together for each cache and displayed along with the difficulty and terrain ratings. It would be a good, quick way to get an impression of whether or not you'd want to go after a cache without having to wade through all the other logs. Quote
+Criminal Posted June 4, 2002 Posted June 4, 2002 I must be the non-competitive sort. I really have an aversion to being ranked, classed or tagged. I'm in this sport for the fun of it, not to compete against everyone. I also don’t want to read in the forums about how so-and-so is cheating or padding his/her cache count to get a higher ranking. I’ve enjoyed the time spent logging the few caches I’ve found. I believe I’d enjoy it less if I was just racing around trying to up my count. I mean no malice to those who want this sort of system, but as for me I’ll ignore it if it happens. ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< What is the price of experience, do men buy it for a song, Or wisdom for a dance in the street................. Quote
+ClayJar Posted June 4, 2002 Posted June 4, 2002 I tend to prefer the most interactive type of virtual cache rating. How does it work? Simple. Look at the logs on the caches placed by the hider. If there is still a question, ask in your regional forum or e-mail a finder from geocaching.com. If you really need to discuss it, come to the chat on Monday nights at 8:30pm CDT in http://gcchat.clayjar.com/. (Bring the URL of the cache.) If even that doesn't help, well for the love of Pete, go out and try it. If it's good, log it online. If it's bad, log it online. No matter what, log it online. (Then the next person may not even have to go past step 1.) I know it's far less concise than seeing a nice sanitized "rating", but you're far more likely to get real information from real people. In fact, I would venture to say that "ratings" on the cache pages would be almost equal parts information and disinformation, if I can be so optimistic. Quote
+ClayJar Posted June 4, 2002 Posted June 4, 2002 I tend to prefer the most interactive type of virtual cache rating. How does it work? Simple. Look at the logs on the caches placed by the hider. If there is still a question, ask in your regional forum or e-mail a finder from geocaching.com. If you really need to discuss it, come to the chat on Monday nights at 8:30pm CDT in http://gcchat.clayjar.com/. (Bring the URL of the cache.) If even that doesn't help, well for the love of Pete, go out and try it. If it's good, log it online. If it's bad, log it online. No matter what, log it online. (Then the next person may not even have to go past step 1.) I know it's far less concise than seeing a nice sanitized "rating", but you're far more likely to get real information from real people. In fact, I would venture to say that "ratings" on the cache pages would be almost equal parts information and disinformation, if I can be so optimistic. Quote
+cachew nut Posted June 4, 2002 Posted June 4, 2002 Hope there is something similar to this for the cache vandals out there. Cool music too. http://billyblob.com/animation_f/karma.html Quote
+culpc Posted June 4, 2002 Posted June 4, 2002 What a hoot, cachew Nut! Great (appropriate) animation! Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son! Quote
+culpc Posted June 4, 2002 Posted June 4, 2002 What a hoot, cachew Nut! Great (appropriate) animation! Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son! Quote
+The Cheeseheads Posted June 5, 2002 Posted June 5, 2002 quote:Originally posted by cachew nut: Hope there is something similar to this for the cache vandals out there. Quote
+cachew nut Posted June 5, 2002 Posted June 5, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Cheesehead Dave: http://home.wi.rr.com/thekrugs/images/cachekarma.jpg Perfect! [This message was edited by cachew nut on June 05, 2002 at 09:23 AM.] Quote
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