Modern Vespa

It's too bad you even have to think about this stuff happening...

Only if you don't give me a thumbs up for the help. Just kidding.

I don't have an emoticon for that gesture where I point two fingers at my own eyes and then toward you, but if I did, I'd be using it right now.

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It was given immediately I first read your post Just hold down the ctrl key while pressing the thumbs up button under my post - you may need to do this more than once to bring up the correct emoticon - it will work eventually - honest.

Ooh, keyboard badass / internet tough guy Danny emerges from the shadows to tell us all what for.

Are you really so starved for attention that you need to resort to provoking a bunch of strangers with lame insults? Because, you know, that's kind of sad.

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I am so screwed...

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Sorry just found out what they where in another thread. Can I ask that you don't tag me with any targets or I will have to start doing bad things .................. Don't wanna be no mod thanx

I love the internet. Thanks Peeps.

and in classic lame-ass MV form... shit gets deleted.....

do i lose all the "thumbs downs" tied to the post you assholes deleted?


there was some sweet illiteration in there ...

You gave Birdsnest a thumbs up for that, right?

'alliteration' ... or was that a pun?

DANNYW nice set of knockers you got there

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Decency coming your way-- reciprocity welcome 8)

Who knew it could be so soon?

I missed all the drama causing the "not worth banning" what-evs with dannyw. Nobody needs to rehash it or anything....I'm just making a comment here.

I always liked dannyw's posts and he makes me chuckle. He got me thinking about....and now riding hi viz. My new hi viz vest really helps with splitting lanes on my daily commute. So how's that for karma?!

https://modernvespa.com/forum/topic40583

I miss his picture that he posted for his avatar....which was changed. I like it when people actually post pictures of themselves. I'm just saying.

Ride on dannyw.

Who said I was thin skinned? I'm hardly offended by your antics, Danny. Amused, even saddened a little by your general state, but definitely not offended. Nice straw-man argument there, Danny. I've never discouraged people from having a difference of opinion. I've actively discouraged people from acting like asshats, but that's entirely different.

What's a saga without acts of chivalry in the face of harrowing hardship?

What if there's no thumbs up or down...just the "!" indicator?

You should see that only when looking at one of your own posts. For other posts you will see the thumbs up, thumbs down and the !.

Thanks...never gave the icons on the right much thought...am attempting to be a bit more aware that if there is a good post (and there have been many) that I take time to recognize...thanks again!

And that's all we can really ask for. Thanks much.

I have a question on when karma hits critical mass so that it's expressed in targets. In checking a bit earlier it seemed that only the top 30 or so karma earners have the targets, which still leaves quite a large number of positive karma holders with no indicators.

No big deal...but curious.

Thread drift is inevitable - and important for enquiring minds.

I'm trying to avoid spilling the beans on the exact numbers involved. I tried to scale it so that getting a target is achievable for a lot of people, but that gave *me* five targets, which is embarrassing. I compromised by setting the scale high enough so that I wouldn't be maxed out on targets right away while still getting some people a half or a whole star.

By making the karma indicators visible, I'm anticipating a strong uptick in post ratings. I'm counting on that fact. The number of positive ratings necessary to earn a half star isn't really very high at all, numerically speaking, but the rating system has been underused since I introduced it. If necessary, I'll rescale, but I think we should see more people with targets under their avatar shortly.

Can it not be logarithmic? One 'symbol' easy to achieve, two more than twice as tricky etc?

Was toying with that very idea this afternoon...

I'd just be happy with 1 complete target.

I've added shameless self promotion to my signature.

Hey, at least you got half of one. That's better than most of us.
OK, I'll fall for your shameless plug. This time only, though.

Right back at 'cha.

Bollocks. I already hit five targets today. Redonkulous.

I've now re-scaled the translation from raw votes into targets so that they're harder to earn as you go up, and easier to earn in the beginning. That drops me down to three targets (as of this writing) and brings more people up to the level of having at least half a target.

Just to be evil, though, the negative scale is uniform, and each half step is easier to "earn".

Instant Karma

Dude, that's evil.

in a good way?

Instant Karma's gonna get you...