Disabling Beer Karma

I know! What am I going to do with all of my likes?

 

Karma definitely was cooler when it had a little picture of a glass - I strived towards that tulip glass for ages when it was around, when the little glass picture left a BA chunk of me died...

 

Since BK was dropped, I still review beers, contribute to forums, and post to WBAYDN and NBS regularly. But - without BK I am much less enthusiastic and motivated. I clearly didn't come to the site for just BK, but am participating less. I haven't moved towards another beer site - I am just finding other non-beer things to do. If this is happening to others, then overall BA will lose momentum, content will suffer, and potential new users will find a less interesting site, which may sway their decision on whether to join.

 

Agree wholeheartedly. We live in a facebook society though, where no one wants to do anything if they aren't recognized by others for how awesome they are for doing it.

 

Kind of where I'm at , I'm not really missing it, but if they bring it back that's ok too.

 

Well, there's no need to worry about not getting any wagging you've seen since the majority of those commenting are not wagging anything but are suggesting beer karma brings some value added to the information provided by the site and those who participate.

 

Posting again after awhile without beer karma. Have to say that my overall activity on this site hasn't dropped but I definitely dropped off posting pics on NBS and WBAYDN and I also several times said "eh, not gonna bother" on adding beers or other things that used to contribute to my beer karma. Plus I still miss seeing my Poobah status with my avatar.

 

Nothing is ever truly "free". Just like any website, app, or social media program, we are trading the right to use in exchange for viewing advertisements.

I think it's a fair trade though.

 

This is the thing that bugs me. With the system that was recently done away with, folks were getting to certain levels, just by like farming. While there are those of us who have been adding beers, places, events and the like for years, and to have someone reach the same "status" in a year or two just for getting a bunch of likes by posting a dozen times a day on WBAYDN, cheapens our contributions. One persons game shouldn't be rewarded the same as anothers work.

 

I think the overwhelming consensus is that quantity of "likes" should not have as great an effect on "rank" as it previously did.

 

And I was quite clearly suggesting that it should/does not.

 

You were saying you did not get the dick wagging. That is what I commented on, not the dicussion of whether or not there is value added. They are different issues. Some agree with that some do not. But there is much not "dick wagging."

 

There have been numerous people in this thread stating "I want my poobah status back". If that differs from your definition of dick wagging, well so be it.