The initial version of karma released last month had bugs and inconsistencies and we took it off soon after it was launched.
We took into consideration all the comments made here and today we launched a brand-spanking new Karma 2.0. You can check your karma on the profile page or on the Users Page.
We will monitor [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2006
Karma 2.0 is now live!
29-Nov-067 votes for Front Page
23-Nov-06A very small fraction of our users are active voters but this number has been steadily increasing. In light of this the minimum number of votes to reach the front page is being increased to 7…
Update (Nov 23, 2006) - We had taken the votes down to 5. Now, they are back up to 7.
Story Cloud updated with Flat View
21-Nov-06MunnaCircuit pointed out in this story that the cloud interface is cumbersome as you cannot interact with the stories directly.
We have added another option to the Story Cloud page that flattens the cloud into a more interactive view. Please note that this has a limit of only 75 stories on a page.
Check the image below [...]
Statistics added to Live Cast Tab
21-Nov-06The Statistics page has now graduated to the main tabs from the wilderness of our ‘About Us’ page. Check the image below for its location. Click on Live Cast and then on Live Stats to check out the latest stats.
How is Karma Calculated?
15-Nov-06User Karma is re-calculated daily at 8 PM Indian Standard Time (approx 930 AM EST).
You need to participate in more than 3 events during the last 48 hrs for your karma to be recalculated. Otherwise, your karma is decreased by a small amount.
Please note that anonymous votes may help in publishing a story but have [...]
Certain IP addresses in Europe are repeatedly attacking the site. We have disabled anonymous voting while we isolate and block these IP addresses.
We apologize for the inconvenience!
New Publishing Algorithm Explained
14-Nov-06Stories on IndianPad will now be promoted to the front page based on the karma they have accumulated. Every time a user votes on a story they add their karma to the story.
Currently, a story needs up to 60 karma points to reach the front page. The total karma of the story is displayed along [...]
New Feature - Support for Torrents
12-Nov-06We have noticed that some users have started providing links to torrents on the site. To help users gauge the popularity of the torrent we have included code to show the current status of the torrent file.
Every time you link to a .torrent file the following will appear with the story. PLEASE NOTE that you [...]
New Color Scheme for Comments
02-Nov-06You may have already noticed that there is a new coloring scheme for comments to make it easier for story authors to anchor their stories.
This is used for comments by story authors. These are shaded differently as the story author may wish to clarify a point or provide context to the story in a [...]