Well, another example outside of Code4Lib's is Launchpad, where your karma there also lessens over time if you do not continue to contribute to bugs, translation, etc. So it reflects more accurately the participation efforts of the moment, than full history.
To me, this is not about erasing past good work; the Community remembers. But this reset gives new folks an even place in the game, which karma in channel really is just for fun. Till someone offers cookies for top karma winners next conference... (half-kidding) Personally, I look forward to competing with everyone. ;) -- Ben Sent from my Nexus 6 On May 18, 2015 10:09 AM, "Michael Peters" <[email protected]> wrote: > What’s the point of doing this? > > > > Why erase karma for people who have been big contributors in the past, but > may not be AS active now, but are still active? If there is a particular > set of users that we feel need karma reset, that seems fine, but why erase > the entire history? > > > > Michael Peters > Senior Systems Analyst > Emerald Data Networks, Inc. > Phone: 678.302.3000 x1013 > Help Desk: 678.302.3000 x1500 > www.emeralddata.net > > > > *From:* Open-ils-general [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Garry > Collum > *Sent:* Monday, May 18, 2015 9:26 AM > *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group > *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Resetting karma in IRC > > > > +1 > > > Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 10:18:02 -0700 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Resetting karma in IRC > > > > Hi, > > > > On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 8:45 AM, Kathy Lussier <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I would like to suggest that we reset the karma points in the > #evergreen > > > channel by the end of next week (to give adequate time for any > dissension). > > > For future conferences, I would like to suggest that the karma points > are > > > reset on the Monday after the conference ends. > > > > +1. It's a good practice for #code4lib, and I think it's a good idea > > for #evergreen. > > > > Regards, > > > > Galen > > -- > > Galen Charlton > > Infrastructure and Added Services Manager > > Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts > > email: [email protected] > > direct: +1 770-709-5581 > > cell: +1 404-984-4366 > > skype: gmcharlt > > web: http://www.esilibrary.com/ > > Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org & > > http://evergreen-ils.org >
