So were having this discussion in the smite club thread and I thought i'd make it "global"


The way things are now you give karma to show someone you like what they wrote, you appreciate them or you just genuinely like them.

Do you think it would be nice to have the ability to smite someone for those times when you disagree with what they say?

Personally, I see a certain person who has been banned continuing to return to the boards and I would love the opportunity to smite him a few times.

Or someone disses your favorite show or artist? Would you smite them if you could?

What do you think?

i am one hundred percent in favor of adding smite options to the profile.

I don't care either way, really.

Sure why not - but I will miss the "fun" smites :\'( :\'( :\'(  I like them :-[

Maybe you could continue to have silly smites in the original Smite Club thread, but have a serious one in this subforum.  Since all karma and smites are logged in the karma log, it allows the smitee to address the smiter in private to discuss the nature of the smite and how his behavior could be corrected to avoid future smites.

how his behavior could be corrected to avoid future smites.
or encourage them  :D

I think there isn't any accountability with the big smite button and I'm a pretty direct person (although some people don't operate that way).  At least in the smite club you can address your reason for the smite (to members, anyway).

I think there isn't any accountability with the big smite button and I'm a pretty direct person (although some people don't operate that way).  At least in the smite club you can address your reason for the smite (to members, anyway).


Well, if you smite someone, you could always say why in the Smite thread, and if they have a bigger issue with it, then they could take it to a PM.

I'm for a smite button.  It would make my smiting easier. :D

I think we did use to have some kind of 'smite' option when this board was resurrected (it's been a long while, so I could be wrong!), but I don't think it was ever used because of the risk of people 'abusing' it (i.e., smiteing for the sheer hell of smiteing...)

The 'other board' had it, tho'... ;)

I think there isn't any accountability with the big smite button and I'm a pretty direct person (although some people don't operate that way).  At least in the smite club you can address your reason for the smite (to members, anyway).


yeah  i think in the smite club the only real smites that have come out if (and there haven't been that many- in relation to the fun smites) the only real ones have been directed at non members of the club so reasons weren't usually given for the smite... tho like you- I tend to be more direct I either broke the rules and said why I smited a non member or I made it really obvious in the thread that made me want to smite them to begin with.

I think we did use to have some kind of 'smite' option when this board was resurrected (it's been a long while, so I could be wrong!), but I don't think it was ever used because of the risk of people 'abusing' it (i.e., smiteing for the sheer hell of smiteing...)

The 'other board' had it, tho'... ;)
there was a very brief period when there was smite on our profiles i think just because the mods were implementing it and they had to go back and disable the smite function. it was fun, i smited lots of people.

I am all for a smite button.

I have no problem with a smite club, but I vote NO on a smite button.  Please, we don't need a smite button.  It think it would turn into a spite button and bring up more grudges on the boards.

I agree with Max. There are some people who take numbers TOO seriously. This goes with posts & karma. I hate to say this that there are some people on this board who aren't mature enough to deal with a smite button.

As for me, I personally don't care one way or the other.


Cat

Mine's probably would be the highest  ::) :P


(BTW, I'm being sarcastic)

I agree with Max and Cat - that's why I voted No.

Mine's probably would be the highest  ::) :P


(BTW, I'm being sarcastic)


I seriously doubt that.  high maybe  ;)  (seriously I was kidding) but not the highest. (< that's true)

I voted when the thread opened up. :-X

I don't see a problem with the smite button.
I would have the highest count I believe.

As for spite smites - if people have to stoop to that level then obviously high school games would be back in effect right? ::)

I will weigh in again later

I voted when the thread opened up. :-X

I don't see a problem with the smite button.
I would have the highest count I believe.

As for spite smites - if people have to stoop to that level then obviously high school games would be back in effect right? ::)

I will weigh in again later


http://www.the-planets.com/star-biography/yoda_biography_3.jpg

"if the functionality to smite you seek, perhaps the ability to so this make you have, yes?"

http://www.the-planets.com/star-biography/yoda_biography_3.jpg

"if the functionality to smite you seek, perhaps the ability to so this make you have, yes?"


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Yes to smite.

http://www.the-planets.com/star-biography/yoda_biography_3.jpg

"if the functionality to smite you seek, perhaps the ability to so this make you have, yes?"


Yes.

But not in my hands, is the necessary power. 8)

It think it would turn into a spite button and bring up more grudges on the boards.


That's one thing I considered when Smite Club started - it didn't happen there.

I voted for smite but really I'd like to see karma and smite go away altogether. I'd rather get a reply of "great post" or "you're a tool" or something in between than some number adjustment. 95% of the time I have no idea why I'm getting it anyway, so karma is meaningless to me. Same with smite.

Ant

That's one thing I considered when Smite Club started - it didn't happen there.

I voted for smite but really I'd like to see karma and smite go away altogether. I'd rather get a reply of "great post" or "you're a tool" or something in between than some number adjustment. 95% of the time I have no idea why I'm getting it anyway, so karma is meaningless to me. Same with smite.

Ant


Right - I agree about them going away altogether, however, there are apparently people here who count their karma to mean something more than what it is to us. I had no clue that this existed. It is truly a competition for those, and they stake much on their count. I guess it could be summed up with "it is their popularity count". Of course, it doesn't make sense to us because it isn't something we ever really look at.

And yes, the smite club - I was a little standoffish myself, because I feared that a lot of people would get hurt, or dragged through the mud with the thread, but that has never happened. The only time there have been uprisings in the thread are when non-members have come in and blown a gasket over something trivial. With smite, they can try and justify their actions all they want, but unless they are in the smite club, they know not the reason for smite, nor can they defend against smite. Plain and simple.

I will also go one further to say that I believe when karma came into effect, cliques grew....
"You gave me karma, you're my friend"
"You gave so&so karma, I am now mad at you"
"You didn't give me karma for my post!"
Yep - I have gotten these exact lines in pm's before. If it weren't for the fact that there were cliques before karma, I would think that karma in itself helped to bring about the more 'cliqueness" of this forum. So with smite, shall come more segregation... can't win for losing right?

I agree with Max. There are some people who take numbers TOO seriously. This goes with posts & karma. I hate to say this that there are some people on this board who aren't mature enough to deal with a smite button.

As for me, I personally don't care one way or the other.


Cat


You know Cat...I tend to agree with you. I also don't care either way!

Some people may misuse it.  Besides I prefer to tell people when I'm ticked off at them.

That's one thing I considered when Smite Club started - it didn't happen there.

I voted for smite but really I'd like to see karma and smite go away altogether. I'd rather get a reply of "great post" or "you're a tool" or something in between than some number adjustment. 95% of the time I have no idea why I'm getting it anyway, so karma is meaningless to me. Same with smite.

Ant



I think the Profile Bandit has been busy again.....

Right - I agree about them going away altogether, however, there are apparently people here who count their karma to mean something more than what it is to us. I had no clue that this existed. It is truly a competition for those, and they stake much on their count. I guess it could be summed up with "it is their popularity count". Of course, it doesn't make sense to us because it isn't something we ever really look at.

And yes, the smite club - I was a little standoffish myself, because I feared that a lot of people would get hurt, or dragged through the mud with the thread, but that has never happened. The only time there have been uprisings in the thread are when non-members have come in and blown a gasket over something trivial. With smite, they can try and justify their actions all they want, but unless they are in the smite club, they know not the reason for smite, nor can they defend against smite. Plain and simple.

I will also go one further to say that I believe when karma came into effect, cliques grew....
"You gave me karma, you're my friend"
"You gave so&so karma, I am now mad at you"
"You didn't give me karma for my post!"
Yep - I have gotten these exact lines in pm's before. If it weren't for the fact that there were cliques before karma, I would think that karma in itself helped to bring about the more 'cliqueness" of this forum. So with smite, shall come more segregation... can't win for losing right?


I think I've given and received karma to/from just about every active user on the boards. Some more than others, but it's not like I keep a tally. Smite could possibly undo some of the 'segregation' by prompting those who are getting smitten to actually talk to the smiter. Maybe I'm naive about that point...

I've gotten similar PMs... never anything really negative though. I don't do cliques because I'm used to most of my friends mixing like oil and ammonium nitrate - one spark and BOOM!, it's an all out flame fest. Nothing to do except stand back, enjoy the show and watch the flames die down. I'm of the mindset that if (when) a friend of mine has a problem with another friend of mine, well, that's their problem, not mine.

"can't win for losing": the very definition of a moderator.  ;D

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I think I've given and received karma to/from just about every active user on the boards. Some more than others, but it's not like I keep a tally. Smite could possibly undo some of the 'segregation' by prompting those who are getting smitten to actually talk to the smiter. Maybe I'm naive about that point...

I've gotten similar PMs... never anything really negative though. I don't do cliques because I'm used to most of my friends mixing like oil and ammonium nitrate - one spark and BOOM!, it's an all out flame fest. Nothing to do except stand back, enjoy the show and watch the flames die down. I'm of the mindset that if (when) a friend of mine has a problem with another friend of mine, well, that's their problem, not mine.

"can't win for losing": the very definition of a moderator.  ;D

signature banned as well



I gave you karma signature banned as well just so I could read this...

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;D

I will only vote for SMITE button if we can kiss and make up after  :-*   

seriously, I'm with the NO's on this one. Granted there are some that deserve a good SMITE, Some of us have thick skins & have no problem smiting or getting smited, but there may be some here on the board who are a bit more sensitive and it could offend someone more than intended.

VOTE NO ON THE SMITE BUTTON PROPOSITION


rushes off to SMITE CLUB  to SMITE originator of this thread

You know Cat...I tend to agree with you. I also don't care either way!

Yes you do.

Right - I agree about them going away altogether, however, there are apparently people here who count their karma to mean something more than what it is to us. I had no clue that this existed. It is truly a competition for those, and they stake much on their count. I guess it could be summed up with "it is their popularity count". Of course, it doesn't make sense to us because it isn't something we ever really look at.


Guilty as charged. :-
And yes, the smite club - I was a little standoffish myself, because I feared that a lot of people would get hurt, or dragged through the mud with the thread, but that has never happened. The only time there have been uprisings in the thread are when non-members have come in and blown a gasket over something trivial. With smite, they can try and justify their actions all they want, but unless they are in the smite club, they know not the reason for smite, nor can they defend against smite. Plain and simple.

I will also go one further to say that I believe when karma came into effect, cliques grew....
"You gave me karma, you're my friend"
"You gave so&so karma, I am now mad at you"
"You didn't give me karma for my post!"
Yep - I have gotten these exact lines in pm's before. If it weren't for the fact that there were cliques before karma, I would think that karma in itself helped to bring about the more 'cliqueness" of this forum. So with smite, shall come more segregation... can't win for losing right?


You know, with the Smite Club...people can easily ignore that thread altogether. In fact, some people have - and I think that's why the thread never got as explosive as it could have been. Besides, the people posting there don't take the smite thing too seriously.
With a smite button, it's a completely different story. The smite count would be there for all to see - hard to ignore. That would tick off people most definitely (especially those that care about their karma count, even if they say they don't).

Maybe if we did have the smite button we could have the option to disable it if we chose?

Like I said before, I would love one but I can see the points you guys are making about some who might be too sensitive to it.  I guess I am just looking at it from the viewpoint of one who would just laugh.  :)