Karma is gone?

[Curmudgeon]

No karma on forum as for the current moment. Is it just temporary or not?

No karma! I'm not going to post my usual 12 paragraph dissertation. Lemme say only this much: good riddance; the best photography forum on the internet just got a bit better. Let's have a discussion based on the logic of your position. Pick a subject.

P.S. I really don't have a dog in this fight. I'm a relative newb, but the last time I loggged in under the old system I was +15-6.

[pwp]

Smite me... O mighty smiter... 

It didn't happen just because one person quit. The karma system created a lot of negativity and yes, some people did quit as a result. It's in CR's bet interest to draw more people to the site and keeping them rather than lose them because of a meaningless system that people have figured out how to abuse. You can thank those who abused it and you know who you are.

smite ... smite, smite

The smite was an opportunity for gutless flamers to have an anonymous spit. Posters tended to be public with their applauds.
I expect we'll see a higher level of quality posts, without the perceived lurking censor of the smite peering over peoples shoulders.

Paul Wright

[YellowJersey]

I'm glad it's gone.

[funkboy]

I think the tipping point may have been when EdMika got his first smite from a crazy adapter buyer.  He's doing a great service to EOS & FD shooters everywhere and the smite he got seems to have added to the disgust he had with the situation I believe he was 22/0 before that incident).

[CR Backup Admin]

It is turned off, at least for now.