Implemented Renaming 'Credits' To 'Karma' or 'Rep'?

[Zwielicht]

@t2van suggested yesterday that we should rename credits to karma. I was thinking that we should rename credits at some point, but I wasn't sure about karma as I didn't know if this came across as copying Reddit.

Alternatively, we could rename it 'rep' as I know that's a term many of us are familiar with. I know at one point that there was some demand for a rep system like there here and on the other forum.

It doesn't work exactly like the vBulletin rep system where people can give positive or negative rep on your posts, but I could make some adjustments to it where something like warnings causes negative points to be accumulated. It can even be adjusted so someone has negative points on their profile.

What does everyone think about this?

 

[Rem]

Karmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
we already have budget reddit

what's 1 more gonna do

 

[back2form]

Karma or rep ?

+1 for Rep ( Reputation points)

 

[Dopious]

+1 for Karma if changed.

 

[Zwielicht]

I should've added a poll to this.

Okay, so:

Karma:
@t2van
@Dopious
@Rem
@Impulse - I just asked her, although she like "juju" as well.

Rep:
@back2form

I'm personally undecided, so I'll wait for some more people to respond before making the change.

 

[kenobii]

I love Karma

 

[Champagne]

I am cool with Karma.

 

[Zwielicht]

Okay, it looks like karma is what we're going with. It is a lot better than credits; better to be budget Reddit than sound like an arcade forum.

We'll start renaming it across the forum shortly. Thank you everyone who chipping in on this.

 

[Spy]

How about points?
Simple and self explanatory

 

[Impulse]

We switched the system to be called Karma now, but if anyone has other ideas we can always get some popular suggestions and make a poll to see what wins the community vote?

I wanna call them Mana, but admittedly that's a little dorky.

 

[back2form]

How about points?
Simple and self explanatory

Points sounds nice and unique..

If not rep, then points is good to go ..

" Karma " isn't unique, like copying reddit..

Also, I don't want to argue regarding this,.I'm just fine with anything.. credits or points or rep or Karma..

Just saying what runs mind as a suggestion.. that's it.

 

[Impulse]

Also, I don't want to argue regarding this,.I'm just fine with anything.. credits or points or rep or Karma..

I don't really think it's an argument - it's good to hear everyone's opinion. The name of it should be appealing to as many people as it can.

 

[t2van]

I wan't really set on karma! Just at the time of writing that's all that came to me lol

Karma is fine. Points got mention I like that. Rep is fine.

Not fussed either way anything other than credits so it's not transactional sounding for me works.

 

[Octavia]

It sounds a bit weird to give someone karma

Could as well keep it as byte or bits