How did I earn 1 point's worth of Karma - what are the criteria?
More people have applauded you than the number who smote you.
Actually, the whole karma system is pretty meaningless. Â When it started, the purpose was to applaud people who made insightful posts and smite people who were being jerks and some people still use it that way, but for some people it is just a joke. Â For example keeping McJagger's karma at 69 is a joke. Â Other people have had their karma stay at 69 for a while as well. Â Some people prefer to receive negative karma instead of positive and some people don't. Â We had a vote to get rid of the whole karma system, but the majority of voters wanted to keep it, so it stayed. Â
You may have noticed that other members have Karma, Hugs and Kisses below their names and above their avatars. Â If you want to give a member positive karma, you click on the one on the left (Hugs), if you want to give negative karma, click on the one on the right (Kisses).
The names Hugs and Kisses change regularly, but it is always the one on the left to increase someone's karma and the one on the right to decrease it.