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Post by Trusty on Sept 27, 2006 18:54:07 GMT -5
I really don't have an opinion on this, but I can leave it or hide it from view. We'll give this "experiment in democracy" a couple of weeks to work.
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Post by booklady on Sept 27, 2006 20:01:43 GMT -5
I like karma. It's kind of like giving someone some applause, or even just a hug. If it's not misused, as in smiting people just because you don't like them, I think it's fun. I hope I don't get smited for this.  |
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Post by jspnrvr on Sept 27, 2006 20:06:37 GMT -5
Hey, BL, been wandering around here trying to find something active. Where are all those little dealies I read about(spell check, smilies) what are the flames on the file folders, is there some kind of index to this thing? I don't handle change well, and I took care of a lot of needy, nutty people today. Plus we've been having spring tides down here and I can feel the pull. I'm ready for a sensory deprivation tank!
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Post by booklady on Sept 27, 2006 20:19:51 GMT -5
Hullo, Jay. Smilies you can put in your posts.  You can import them, too, from places like emoticons4u.com/index.htm and www.pushupstairs.com/images/emoticon/eviewer.php. Let's see if I can explain how. Open a second browser, and then go to the emoticon site. Find the one you like, and click on it. Then you hit control C to copy it. Come back here in the other window, click on the little button above, the one with the picture on it (it will say "insert image" when you hold the mouse arrow over it), and then insert what you have copied between the brackets. Sometimes I am also able to import photos from the web by inserting the url between those "insert image" brackets. Other times, it doesn't work. Let's try:  |
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Post by booklady on Sept 27, 2006 20:20:11 GMT -5
Hey! It worked!!  (So what if we are losing 10-0 to the Devil Rays?) |
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Post by joew on Sept 27, 2006 22:39:24 GMT -5
I agree with booklady. As I said somewhere else, it may be silly, but it's not dopey, and it's kinda fun to be able to exalt people. As long as the smiting doesn't get mean-spirited and the folks with lower karma ratings don't start to feel hurt that others are way ahead, let's keep it, on the clear understanding that it's just for fun.
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Post by joew on Sept 27, 2006 22:53:07 GMT -5
I agree with booklady. As I said somewhere else, it may be silly, but it's not dopey, and it's kinda fun to be able to exalt people. As long as the smiting doesn't get mean-spirited and the folks with lower karma ratings don't start to feel hurt that others are way ahead, let's keep it, on the clear understanding that it's just for fun.
I didn't realize I was posting twice. I've got to be more careful. Could have deleted, but then you'd wonder what terrible thing I said.
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Post by slb2 on Sept 27, 2006 23:00:06 GMT -5
Ah yes, the sign of a good preacher. S/he says everything twice! Just listen to Paul Wellstone or Martin Luther King. They repeat themselves.
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Post by slb2 on Sept 27, 2006 23:02:09 GMT -5
About the karma/smite buttons. I plan to ignore them altogether. Remember all the hullaballoo over at the APHC Chatterbox? When folks would get all bent about other people's posts? Well, I counseled the Closed-Eyes approach then and I'll do it here. Take what works, ignore the rest.  |
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Post by joew on Sept 27, 2006 23:11:25 GMT -5
Glad you liked my "preaching."
Now if I could figure out how to make the tags and smilies work.
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Post by joew on Sept 27, 2006 23:22:11 GMT -5
Glad you liked my "preaching."
Now if I could figure out how to make the tags and smilies work.
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Post by gailkate on Sept 27, 2006 23:36:55 GMT -5
Finding that I'd already achieved negative karma after just a couple of innocuous posts, I can't help advising that you drop that exalting/smiting option posthaste. Whoever thought it was fun to do that to me can congratulate him/herself.
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Post by Jane on Sept 28, 2006 13:54:00 GMT -5
JSP: Do we know you from BE (before exile)?
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Post by liriodendron on Sept 28, 2006 14:42:26 GMT -5
Finding that I'd already achieved negative karma after just a couple of innocuous posts, I can't help advising that you drop that exalting/smiting option posthaste. Whoever thought it was fun to do that to me can congratulate him/herself. gailkate, I was at -2 karma myself, yesterday. I am assuming that it was because people are unaware of the functions of the various buttons on this board and are clicking on them indiscriminately. Although, given her new avatar, if Booklady finds herself being continuously smited, she can probably assume it is complements of a Yankees fan. |
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Post by scotbrit on Sept 28, 2006 14:45:43 GMT -5
I rather thought jsp was jspnrvr of long standing.
I consider myself smitten.
Someone asked about all these extra goodies. If you click on the reply icon on the bottom blue bar you have a plethora of stuff to spend hours twiddling around with. If you simply click on the Quick Reply you are deprived of all those time-consuming niceties!
And thanks to others who have been advising on my simplicity in getting around such niceties, such as quoting others!
As to Karma, I have neither met her nor know anything about her, but it is such a pretty name don't you think?
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Post by booklady on Sept 28, 2006 16:33:31 GMT -5
...given her new avatar, if Booklady finds herself being continuously smited, she can probably assume it is complements of a Yankees fan. Yankee fans are not literate enough to be at a site associated with APHC.  |
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Post by booklady on Sept 28, 2006 18:42:47 GMT -5
Looking at the home page, I'm thinkin' it wouldn't be hard to run the table here (get my name as the last poster in every thread, so all you see are "booklady"s). ;D I think all I need is a Torture post and one or two others.....
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Post by scotbrit on Oct 3, 2006 14:27:05 GMT -5
OK, let's get this Karma thing straight. If I click on "Exalt" on someone's postings, does that mean they go up a notch? If I click on "Smite" do they lose a point? What happens if I click on my own posting?  OK, this is being modified as I have just looked at it and notice I can't smite myself! I used to be a glutton for punishment. BTW, I assume I have to thank Trusty for making it 25 most recent posts available instead of 10. See! I notice these little things! Trusty! Award yourself some Karma points. |
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Post by rmn on Oct 3, 2006 14:27:49 GMT -5
Hang on to it, Trusty. Methinks it's a fine idea.
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Post by Gracie on Oct 3, 2006 14:44:48 GMT -5
I like it. I think it could be fun. And anyone who doesn't like it doesn't have to use it, right?
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Post by joew on Oct 3, 2006 17:32:36 GMT -5
Brit — I think you've got it. Except that since one cannot give karma points except by exalting the pointee, and the pointer cannot also be the pointee, if you want a karma point to go to Trusty, you'll have to find one of his posts and click on "Exalt."
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Post by edsfam on Oct 6, 2006 12:08:17 GMT -5
There must be something wrong with the System.
I have Karma of 3 and feel tingley all over.
In depth investigations are called for.
_E_
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Post by Trusty on Oct 6, 2006 13:52:18 GMT -5
You must have a secret Karmirer. |
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Post by edsfam on Oct 6, 2006 14:16:11 GMT -5
Trusty, In case I have not said this before, I am in awe of this praireChatter Web site. You are truly a wonder, and if I could, I would have your children. _E_ |
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Post by Tillie on Oct 8, 2006 15:15:58 GMT -5
O, my sweet sweet, sweet secret admirer, Jus' to let you know your message was received. 'Twould be luverly to know who you are and why you're smitten with Tillie? |
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Post by joew on Oct 8, 2006 15:22:29 GMT -5
No, Tillie, it's you who are smitten with (or by) me. I did it in a moment of lighthearted pique after reading the reference to VD.
But now that you've called me "sweet, sweet, sweet," I'm exalting you right back.
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Post by Trusty on Oct 10, 2006 9:52:21 GMT -5
Trusty, In case I have not said this before, I am in awe of this praireChatter Web site. You are truly a wonder, and if I could, I would have your children. _E_ Thank you, Eric. I am truly in awe of your offer! Let's see....How DID that little ditty go?? Oh yeah (words have to be spoken): "She offered her honor. He honored her offer. And all night long, It was honor and offer..." |
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Post by slb2 on Oct 10, 2006 10:17:41 GMT -5
lmao, excellent. |
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Post by joew on Oct 10, 2006 12:50:29 GMT -5
Trusty and edsfam — should we be expecting you guys to move to Massachusetts sometime soon?
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Post by slb2 on Oct 10, 2006 12:56:24 GMT -5
keep going, guys. I need the laughs.
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You can import them, too, from places like 
(So what if we are losing 10-0 to the Devil Rays?)
