karma

most professional way to tell a developer they are no good

What is the most professional way to break it to a developer that they're not very good? I haven't been a developer for as long as some of the others out there. But I have already had to deal with some really crazy people. What is the best way(s) to stay professional and critique a developer who really is horrible at his/her job, kee...

Normalizing achievements with multiple sources

I'm looking for a good algorithm recommendation. I have Users and Achievements. Users create Achievements and then give them to other Users. Associated with each Achievement is the point value that the user specifies. A User's total points is the sum of all their achievements. Basically: Achievement : owner = Alias points = in...

Karma System in a Django Project

Hi all! I need to implement a Karma System for moderating users. I am working with the great Django Framework and looking for an existing application for that. Any suggestion? Thx a lot! ...

Open soruce Karma system

I'm looking for an open source (stand alone) Karma system that I could include in our project (best if in Php or Java). I haven't looked into slashcode yet but it seems that the karma system is not separable from the rest. Thanks. Marco ...

Karma/Reputation Plugin for Ruby on Rails?

I am looking for a karma (reputation) plugin or gem for Ruby on Rails. Preferably one that was integrated many of the best practices and research around the topic of community management & development. Any recommendations? ...

Calculating normalized karma

How could I calculate a normalized value of karma (value between 0 and 1), from the karma of users in my system? The normalized value should reflect the value of the user's karma relative to all other users. I think I would probably have to include the average and standard deviations of all karma's somehow, but I can't seem to come up ...

Weighted voting system with karma

This question is more logic than programming at the moment.. once I understand what algorithm(s) I need to use I'll be looking into how to implement it. I've got a list of items in a database that need to be voted up or down by users to determine if they are correct or not. The aim is to provide a % for each item to show how reliable th...