The Open Thread

[Sibling Qwertyuiopasd]

yeah um, I'm not even a month over 14....

but thanks anyway (you'll have to say it again in a year anyway though. your attempt is futile. mua ha ha!)

~Qwerty

p.s. Easter bunny may hate you, but Devil Bunny Hates the Earth

[Gloria The Camel]

Hey Awesome I'm not even a month over 15! *HIGH FIVE*

EASTER BUNNY HATES YOOO

[Sibling Qwertyuiopasd]

does that mean you are 15, or less than 15?

[Gloria The Camel]

That means I'm 15, 15 years and 14 days ^^

[Black Bart]

Has anyone had a go at the game 'Second Life'?

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

Has anyone had a go at the game 'Second Life'?

Never heard of it. Got a link to a demo?

[Black Bart]

Sorry to be so lazy but if you just Google 'Second Life' you'll find it. It's really weird and quite vast.

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

I remember this now.  There was a bit about it on NPR about a week or three ago.

Apparently, there is a genuine newspaper office in the virtual world, staffed by a genuine reporter-type-guy.

There also seems to be a teeny-version.

[Aggie]

Note to former patrons of Lefty's Hell Hole

After merciless destruction of the original Hell Hole building, Lefty has reopened shop in the Snark & Rant section, under the new name of The Vent. 

You know who you are. 

*we now return to regular programming*

[Duke]

Does anyone know how the Karma system works here? I was wondering because I have -107. If ya'll don't like me I can leave...


Duke

[Griffin NoName]

Looks like one of the Magic Folk reset you. I got reset once but it cost me an arm and a leg

[Duke]

Call me crazy, but the question seems avoided. I think I have a good idea of the Karma system, but I was simply wondering how one's Karma gets so low when one is not even here.


Duke

[The Meromorph]

Call me crazy, but the question seems avoided. I think I have a good idea of the Karma system, but I was simply wondering how one's Karma gets so low when one is not even here.


Duke

Ahh but one's posts are here, even when one is not... And if, for example, one post had the capability of pissing some people off, then, as more people read it, or even as people re-read it from time to time, then the intemperate might 'smite on sight'. I don't know if that's what happened, but it's a possibility. Might not even be a post on here! We expect the Toadfish to be a deal more responsible than that, which is one of the reasons, it's now limited.

[Duke]

Perhaps I underestimated your collective hindsight.

But I don't see why the Karma system, if used at all, should be limited. I myself will never use it (for one reason or another), but if people want to express their feelings towards a person, I don't see why they should be restricted. If it "offends", then whose fault is that? People will  indicate their opinions of a person if given the chance, no matter how it turns out.


Duke

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

Perhaps I underestimated your collective hindsight.

But I don't see why the Karma system, if used at all, should be limited. I myself will never use it (for one reason or another), but if people want to express their feelings towards a person, I don't see why they should be restricted. If it "offends", then whose fault is that? People will  indicate their opinions of a person if given the chance, no matter how it turns out.


Duke

Agreed - but the karma is completely anonymous, and that was part of the problem.  Without it, if one does not agree, one must actually comment - "in person" as it were.