How can a person ignore it when it appears in EVERY post they create and they can see the tally?
Well, perhaps I and others just have an easier time ignoring things than others might. For example, when I was in school, I could easily tune out fellow students who were goofing around next to me and concentrate on whatever work I might have been trying to do (this worked really well whenever I was in the library
). And if anyone were to ask me afterward what those other students had been up to, I could honestly say that I really had no idea. So, too, I can easily read the contents of posts without so much as a glance to most of the info that's shown on the left side of the message listings. I look at the name of the poster at the top and that's about it.
It is obvious from the responses this thread has received that several posters are not comfortable with it.
You could easily get that impression from what's been posted in this thread. However, if you reread over what Midnite has written, you'll see that opinion regarding the Karma feature is split. In fact, more people have e-mailed/IM'd their support for the feature than have complained about it. Why have they e-mailed/IM'd rather than posted? Well, I can only assume that they, like a certain person who'd claimed that he didn't want to harp on this issue any further, actually don't want to drag out the discussion any more than it already has been. It might also be that they're somewhat afraid that by posting their support for the Karma feature they might invite people to harp on them. Just a thought...
As I stated initially, the feature is ambiguous in nature, and it should just be removed completely.
Ordinarily, I would never be this confrontational on the forum because it has always been our policy that everyone's opinion is equally valid. However, since you seem to feel that your opinion counts more than even that of the Administrators/Moderators of the forum, I must say that I feel the need to be equally as blunt. When you have your own forum, Bob, you can dictate what should or should not be removed completely from it. However, this is not your forum, Bob. So, please confine yourself to expressing opinions rather than making dictatorial statements.
I might also remind you that I made a point of saying that until I'm able to get up to speed on PHP, I'm not going to be able to tweak the system like I was able to with the SP version - and I politely asked that everyone please be patient until that time. So, the fact of the matter is that we couldn't remove the Karma feature now even if we wanted to because we simply don't know how to at this time.
So, be that as it may, you can of course feel free to come back and continue to drag out the discussion like a petulant child who isn't getting his/her way. However, this really is
my last statement on the subject. And I deeply and profusely apologize to the other members of the forum for having to resort to making a post such as this one...