Journal bluefairee's Journal: euh! 24
how is a fairee supposed to get points around here!? the front pages are sometimes interesting, but i gotta say, posting a comment after 300 or so have already been posted is a tad bit intimadating. besides, the likely hood that someone might have already said what i will say by then seems inevitable.
hmm. maybe not. anyone else seen other fairees roaming around here?
Two ways (Score:1)
Two, you can game the karma system. There are various ways to do this. Currently posts mocking the slashbots are fairly popular. Being funny used to be a good way to get karma, but doesn't work anymore. Basically, get in first, or if you're late attach your comment as a reply to a comment higher on up the thre
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Re:Two ways (Score:1)
feel free to blow me if i go too far right.
Re:Two ways (Score:2)
A good example of good Karma whoring is Sir Haxalot's earlier posts. You can only get away with it for so long though, and then the community catches on. But by that point you have excellent karma and it really doesn't matter at all.
For instance, I can post something only moderately intelligent with my +1 bonus, and it will generally get modded up
Re:Two ways (Score:1)
btw, thanks for the tips.
Re:Two ways (Score:1)
The "circle" is what you are currently on the peripheral of(and I am as well because I'm not one of the more popular journalers). It's the
Re:Two ways (Score:1)
golly, i thought there were a lot more then that journaling.
hmm.
very interesting.
well, with even just a few paying me any mind it's only a matter of time before i'm deep deep in the circles core...ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaaa...oops. bad fairee, very bad fairee.
Re:Two ways (Score:1)
Oh, and be careful what you wish for.
you're kidding, right? (Score:2)
think 'circle' as in 'social circle,' which is what you get in real life when you count friends and their friends. So of course that term's in use here!
Re:you're kidding, right? (Score:2)
I started reading them because they pop up in my messages now that I've been adding friends.
If that's the most common way to start reading and participating in the journals, well, I can easily see distinct communities forming.
I guess someone needs to get Taco to do some analysis.
The MonTemplar Method (Score:2)
How long it takes to get karma depends on how often you participate on Slashdot.
Good luck!
MT.
Re:The MonTemplar Method (Score:1)
Very important: if you want to get Karma fast, try to be in the fist 50 posters at all costs. If you don't know the topic, abstain from posting! There is nothing more embarassing as getting modded Overrated/Troll/Flamebait because of your own ignorance.
That is all.. oh, and Karma...
Re:The MonTemplar Method (Score:2)
don't try to be funny unless you want to: some dick-ass moderators think you're a Troll when you are actually trying to be funny.
You can say that again. This [slashdot.org] got modded as a troll just today.Ethelred's Top Ten Tips (Score:2)
Some of this is obvious karma-whoring, some is just good netiquette, some is in between. ;-)
1) Bash Microsoft at every opportunity, though your logic must be reasonably plausible.
2) Praise Linux without ripping on BSD and vice versa.
3) Avoid politics, unless you have a fair shot at showing up a Slashbot babbling some obviously far-right or far-left mantra. (A Slashbot is the term for an idiot who mindlessly parrots opinions he/she has absorbed on Slashdot.)
4) Show up Slashbots at every opportunity,
Re:Ethelred's Top Ten Tips (Score:1)
oke. here's a quick and dirty fix. (Score:2)
How? No, you're not gonna BS. Listen up.
First, read all the comments. This will give you the fastest crash course you'll ever get. If there are only two comments, don't worry about it. Read 'em and move
great advice! (Score:2)
Science is also good because anything not on the main page is usually sparsely traversed. AS such, its easier to get in early, and be seen with a rating of 1.
On the front page, its SPEED SPEED SPEED, followed by something informative.
Additionally, you can garner karma by submitting stories. I've done it, but its usually more work than its worth.
Its s
Source matter for submissions: (Score:2)
Slashdot gets a surprising amount of info from washingtonpost- 'specially the tech section (the one story I got submitted was from there).
And slashdot is frequently days behind.
change the subject line... (Score:2)
Re:change the subject line... (Score:2)
everyone else on slashdot is a blithering idiot
Don't tell me you are joining LG [slashdot.org] on the exodus!Re:change the subject line... (Score:2)
Status quo, all the way, my man!
two words (Score:2)
As long as you don't suck someone will give you the K you need.
Remember, no matter what they tell you K _is_ and extension of your personal worth as a human being!
Fairees (Score:1)
Do pixiees count? (-:
Only having a modest 'positive' karma and having relatively few postings under my belt, I have little to add. I guess it makes me kind of a naive dork to admit that I'm proud of my modded-up postings, 'cause I thought I actually contributed something... ah well, now I can mourn the loss of my /. innocence (-;
*grin*
Pixie
you don't need points (Score:1)