[FAQs] Karma - Reputation System.
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Other Dimers will vote and comment on your topics/ posts/ deals to gain Karma. Who gets Karma points from you is totally your decision, but we recommend you to be fair, keeping the best interests of the community in mind.
However, once you have given Karma to a user, you can’t give Karma points to him/ her again until you have given Karma to 14 other users.
Also, you cannot give Karma to yourself. How people treat you is their Karma; how you react is yours.
4. How many Karma points can I give to someone?
Your Karma Giving Power depends on your Rank.
Ranks are titles given to users at various stages of their participation in the community. Your Rank is decided by the Karma points you have earned so far. Everyone starts out as a Deal Newbie with 20 Karma points received from DesiDime on signing up, and then as you receive Karma points from other users and reach new thresholds you move up the Ranks. E.g. A Dimer needs 100 Karma points to become a Deal Cadet; 1000 Karma points to become a Deal Subedar, and so on and so forth. Currently there are 11 Ranks to reach out for.
Here’s a table showing the 11 Ranks, how many Karma points are needed to reach each of them and what is the Karma Giving Power of each:
So, basically, the Karma you’ve earned dictates how much Karma points you can give to others.
(You will be able to view all these Ranks on your Profile page. You can visit your Profile page by clicking on your username in the top right corner of the site, after signing in.)
5. Who can give Negative Karma points?
Negative Karma points can only be given when you reach Rank 5 (i.e. when you become a Deal Major). Your Rank and your Karma are a mark of your contribution and your reputation in the community. So use them wisely. As they say- With great power comes great responsibility.
6. Why would someone give me Negative Karma?
You may receive Negative Karma for re-posting, spamming, self-promotion, being offensive, posting topics in wrong forum, posting referral links, posting deals from worthless sites, using inappropriate title for the deal/ topic, starting fights in the forum, and other such reasons.
Basically, you are likely to receive Negative Karma if you do not follow basic forum etiquette, and if you threaten the decorum of the community.
7. Should I worry about Negative Karma points? What if someone decides to spoil my reputation?
Each and every Negative Karma point given requires a well defined, valid reason and it is moderated. Thus, there should be no fear of receiving unfair Negative Karma by someone. Don’t worry, good karma always stays with you.
+Note+: Receiving Negative Karma may lead to going down the Rank levels. Also, Admins and Moderators do not need to be Rank 5 and above to give Negative Karma. So beware those who do not follow the rules, someone is always watching.
8. Can I beg for Karma? Should I ask for Karma?
Karma is earned, not begged for.
Begging for Karma is a sure way to get negative Karma from Admins and/ or other members. Repeatedly begging for Karma points can lead to blocking your account from receiving or giving any further Karma points, and even account suspension eventually. This also applies to any user, who is found asking for Positive Karma through Personal Messaging or other means.
9. I don’t understand anything. How does it all matter?
As we said, Karma points only show your reputation in the community. If you don’t understand anything yet, simply be nice to the community, contribute through good deals and helpful insights, and the community will take care of the rest. Good Karma always pays.
10. What happens after I reach Rank 10?
Nirvana.
WoW … Great Initiative Admin … Super-like … 
bala.realvalueinn wrote:
WoW … Great Initiative Admin … Super-like …
Sudhroge nahi !!!!!
baar-baar yaad dilana padega kya
aisey comments nahi dekhney tumsey…..kuch dhang ka post karo,Admin bhi khush ho jaye
@ Admin
superlike this idea of yours
RDX wrote:bala.realvalueinn wrote:
WoW … Great Initiative Admin … Super-like …
Sudhroge nahi !!!!!
baar-baar yaad dilana padega kya
aisey comments nahi dekhney tumsey…..kuch dhang ka post karo,Admin bhi khush ho jaye
@ Admin
superlike this idea of yours
Ok Baba …
Hey Admin, I Like Ur Idea …!!!
Tanuj Bhai, Do U Liked It Too …!!! 
Gr8 effort administration , a quote 4 u ‘karmaan utte hon naberday khardi raan giyaan jaatan’(by a great saint Bulle Shah)it means dat every person will be judged by his Actions rest all is immaterial.
@ bala
i wonder ismey admin kaun sa hai…lol
wow so now on we will be judged by karma on dd,true desi estyle
superliked the concept ,cheers 4da idea
chalo kuch naya dekhne ko toh milega.….
cool….hope we get to see many more features like these in the future
now my aim only – attainment of NIRVANA 
admin – when is this karma going to start???
I will start my good deeds the day karma is implemented on DD 
good system . adminji has done some research on other forums
Wow Admin… Amazing Idea.
This will surely take DD to great heights 
:-D
@Admin when shall we move to this new structure
Looks like you took inspiration from reddit.com
Nowadays, Except Admin, all are ‘Deal Newbies’, why?
Admin: Can you also think that once one changes from one level to another in Karma system one would get 100 or 200 Dimes which would be compulsorily be directed to contribution towards Donation for special Causes.Either CRY / Unicef or any other organisation dealing with Social causes.As a gesture of Good Karma transpiring to good cause as well.
Fellow Desidimers: Please give a feed back on this comment.
nikhil82c117 wrote:
Admin: Can you also think that once one changes from one level to another in Karma system one would get 100 or 200 Dimes which would be compulsorily be directed to contribution towards Donation for special Causes.Either CRY / Unicef or any other organisation dealing with Social causes.As a gesture of Good Karma transpiring to good cause as well.
Fellow Desidimers: Please give a feed back on this comment.
gud idea buddy ,liked it
how everyone get karma points my status show deal cadet and i have 120 karma points how i get this ??
Thanks jaigreat.
Experts:Fellow Desidimers: Please give a feed back on the below mentioned post:
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Admin: Can you also think that once one changes from one level to another in Karma system one would get 100 or 200 Dimes which would be compulsorily be directed to contribution towards Donation for special Causes.Either CRY / Unicef or any other organisation dealing with Social causes.As a gesture of Good Karma transpiring to good cause as well.*
Admin: a suggestion!!
Can you please add another push button for ‘Thanks’. It should be similar to the ‘Like’ button.
Plenty of people say thanks so this could be a good option.
satswid wrote:
Nowadays, Except Admin, all are ‘Deal Newbies’, why?
its because ppl are more interested to give thumbs down…which makes U deal newbie from upper level.
I experienced it from a month or so and so I stopped posting new deals… 
People shud not un necessarily give negative votes unless the deal is wrong or misleading….
Thanks for good clarification
IMO
- KARMA reputation system SUCKS overall in its implementation (if its implemented at last)
- Firstly, what all things..constitute karma is not fully CLEAR.
- What appears as of now.. means..things/acts which add to karma are not much different than the dimes thingy. If one does use his/her dimes and they don’t reflect user’s experience/fpd’s.. one can always depict current dimes in bracket against total.. as Total Dimes(Current Dimes) or say 400 Dimes(100 Current)
- FPD’s should NOT add to KARMA
- The placement of karma points is bad (even no tag/heading like “KARMA : xxx” is mentioned against those numbers)
- Further most probable and effective position to place the ICON to give +/-ve karma should be close to “Like” button, as its for a post (as per the present caption we get on clicking karma points)
- In fact “Like” stats is a good option to be part of karma points…if “dislike” option is also added.
- Given the fact no like or dislike voters are/can be seen (at least not to regular members).. there would be no issue of quarrels, which admin fears/dislikes (as once he/she posted)
Just in case, u r looking for feedback.
If not, i just wasted 7 minutes more!
Karma should not be given back as bribe to vote up a deal or for fpd suggestion. Being to several forums and trust me these reputation systems adds up to more begging and whoring only with no constructive help to a forum. Since it’s impelemented it can’t be taken back but admins can put an alret for not selling a vote or suggestion in return of some karma points.
You can’t easily track who gave you Karma points and who took it back or gave negative Karma points. I think I had 26 karma points yesterday and now it’s 24. When I click on ‘View Karma received’, I am unable to decipher who gave me negative karma points and for what reason. There’s only a pointer to a thread and when I click on it a thread opens. I am perplexed what wrong did I do in that thread. The comments also do not reveal the name of the person who gave me negative karma points. 
It should be more transparent and clear.
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