MrPerky's Journal: Bad Karma?

So, how is it that I have bad karma? I have six comments of record. Only one of those comments have been moderated. That comment was moderated +5 Funny (80% funny, 20% overrated). My karma pre-comment (which was my last prior to this) was neutral. So, it appears that one comment, favorably rated, altered my karma from neutral to bad. There's a rule in here somewhere but that rule seems unfair...

What's happened

[admbws]

This is a fantastic example of the problems in the moderation system.

http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=90482&cid=780 4 083 [slashdot.org]

Starting Score: 1 point
Moderation +4
80% Funny
20% Overrated

For some insane reason, the slashdot owners decided to not honour karma on anything moderated up "Funny", probably because trolls kept whoring karma because some of the good ones are actually quite funny! So you did not recieve those +4 karma points. However, Overrated (and Underrated for t

Overrated -- now you need to go pro

[Cajun Hell]

The Funny+Overrated combo got you. People with low karma should be very careful to not ever say anything funny. I almost fell into this trap in my early days as a low-class "forumwalker," as well.

To get out of your problem, you need to become professionally promiscuous in your commentary. Try to become a High Class Karma Courtesan, like me. (Now that I've achieved Excellent, I no longer use the term "karma whore" to refer to myself, because it's demeaning). Offer delicious (but perhaps forbidden?) co