Comment Moderation Is Now Live

So how do i know what my personal ranting is for comments universally? How many points do you get for stuff? So far i've figured out it's 5 points for a news comment and 2 for a forum posting (at least from what i can tell).

I'm also a little confused (nothing new really) about the descriptions next to the comment ratings. Maybe I'm just a noob.

Are there karma points for submitting news?

@TANK\r \r You need to set \"show points\" in your comments settings. This will show all the points for each comment on the news item. You get either plus 1 or minus one for each comment. The points for comments may change and forum post should only be giving 1 point for a thread start only.\r \r @jtgjr007\r \r What are you confused about exactly? The descriptions should be examples of reason to give a comment a +1 or a -1. So funny, would be a +1. \r \r @codemonkey\r \r If you submit news and it actually makes it to the home page, you get 20 points.

I've been testing and it seems like blog postsings get 5 points and responses to your blog get like 2. Starting a forum thread gets 2 points, responses in your thrad get 1. Commenting in a news story gets 2, posting one gets 5? Posting a video gets nothing. That's just what i've been able to determine through testing and not having anything real to go off of.\r \r So when are we going to get a leaderboard? :)

Point will not have a leader board. They are there for other members to see how active another members is.

Brain cloud, don't worry about me.

Tank, I approved your videos. Looks like its working fine. :)

where do you go to set up the show points option?

Never mind I found it, but where does the score show up I don't see it at the moment?

Whats the point of the points? are they like a badge of honor or something saying \"I am 2,000,000 point man!\" or are they gonna be used for something else a little later?

@Gatsu \r \r Yes, points are used for many things. The big thing about points, is that they tell members how much you contribute to the site. Are you a long time member? Just a lurker? All that can be answered by points.\r \r In the future, points will replace things like post count as well. This way, you can be awarded ranks based on home much you contribute to the site as a whole. \r \r These ranks can then be used to access other parts of the site. So for instance. Say you are not a SCC member. Earning points throughout the site, could unlock the same features that others donate to get. Basically, you would earn them instead. \r \r The same can go for spending the points. Lets say you have 1,000 points. We can actually set it up for that you are able to trade in those points for a T-shirt, downloads, or some other gear. None of this is set in stone, but its all ready to be launched as of right now.

hmmm, so even though ive beena round here for more than a year, the little bit of points i have may seem like im a newcomer to the site?\r \r btw, i had to close and reopen firefox to fix that issue