The Return of Beer Karma

Blog Discussion in 'BeerAdvocate Talk' started by Todd, May 7, 2013.

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  1. beerborn

    beerborn Initiate (0) Jan 22, 2012 Louisiana

    I was literally just thinking 'when will that return.' Good stuff guys!
     
  2. srandycarter

    srandycarter Initiate (0) Aug 4, 2006 California
    Trader

    Yeah! I am glad to see the karma and stats back. Yeah!
     
  3. Cinderbike

    Cinderbike Initiate (0) Jan 16, 2011 Nevada

    Glad to see it back. Here's hoping to see the return of mugs/the fez.
     
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  4. LiquidAmber

    LiquidAmber Grand Pooh-Bah (5,734) Feb 20, 2009 Washington
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    Great to have the stats back! Any chance that a "number of breweries" stat will happen. I think that was one of the other stats from the old system I followed.
    Thanks for the effort to reinstate the current ones.
     
  5. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    It's been requested in the thread already. I'll indeed be looking into it and more.
     
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  6. Beerandraiderfan

    Beerandraiderfan Initiate (0) Apr 14, 2009 Nevada

    Lemme throw a vote in for a user's "average" score for all beers reviewed too. That was a cool stat we used to have. Everytime I thought I was being a little too rough on a beer, I would click over to Arbitrator's page, look at his average score, and feel better about my 'bashing' of a beer.

    Might as well beat a dead horse while I'm at it: Hads shouldn't count toward a beer's score or a user's karma rating.

    Big props on the moderators. Things have been better here lately.

    Regardless of the pace, the site is coming along nicely. Better to do things the right way, and only once, than the fast way, over and over. . .
     
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  7. sergeantstogie

    sergeantstogie Initiate (0) Nov 16, 2010 Washington

    +1
     
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  8. rudzud

    rudzud Initiate (0) Apr 28, 2010 Massachusetts
    In Memoriam

    Any chance of adding "Breweries" to the stats?
     
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  9. micromaniac129

    micromaniac129 Initiate (0) Nov 1, 2009 Pennsylvania

    Does subscribing to the magazine gain you additional points, as in the pass.
     
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  10. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    Unfortunately not. There's no longer an easy way for us to verify/sync accounts.
     
  11. Jugs_McGhee

    Jugs_McGhee Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,140) Aug 15, 2010 Texas
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    Does this mean that all forum posts made to the old message board also are not currently counted towards beer karma (since they're also no longer being used)?

    I'm aware that the "unused" duplicate reviews will be emailed to us in the future; I'm just trying to understand the distinction between deleted and unused.

    Thanks! Love that beer karma's back. Beer on, everybody!
     
  12. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    Correct.
     
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  13. Burkbom23

    Burkbom23 Initiate (0) Mar 11, 2013 Connecticut

    Is there a way we could see our Average review score and compare that to what the average review score is for the beers we have reviewed?
     
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  14. jmdrpi

    jmdrpi Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,989) Dec 11, 2008 Pennsylvania
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    If this is our one opportunity to give our two cents on the Beer Karma system - it seems out of whack that full Reviews, adding new Beers/Places, and adding Beer/Places Pics are worth the same value as a single Forum post. It would seem like those things are contributing a lot more value to the site's user-generated content.

    I don't know what the right ratio is, but it would seem to me that as valuable to the site:

    Add Beer/Place > Add Beer/Place Pic > Beer/Place Full Review > Add Event > Had Review > Forum Post
     
  15. geocool

    geocool Savant (1,233) Jun 21, 2006 Massachusetts


    You're right. It would be so much cooler if Todd had specifically said this in the OP of this thread:

     
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  16. jmdrpi

    jmdrpi Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,989) Dec 11, 2008 Pennsylvania
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    I understand Beer and Place Reviews were worth 2 points. In hindsight I goofed by including "Full Reviews" in my first sentence.

    But that doesn't change my point about Adding Beers/Places and Adding Pics of Beers/Places.
     
  17. Sammy

    Sammy Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,744) Dec 1, 2003 Canada (ON)
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    site is looking great
     
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  18. sommersb

    sommersb Initiate (0) May 25, 2010 Tennessee

    Hurray for the return of karma points! Thank you

    The more stats listed the better, IMHO
     
  19. mattafett

    mattafett Initiate (0) Mar 9, 2009 Iowa

    What does "Beer Karma" actually gain a person? What is it's overall point?
     
  20. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    This was stated in my original post:
    As you've been a member since 2009, this shouldn't be a new concept to you; unless you didn't realize it was part of the site.
     
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