Meetups have the potential to lead to a lot of updating, positive feedback loops, and other real benefits for the attendees. I suspect that very few comments on this site, even the higher rated ones, can match them in that regard.
A little positive feedback and appreciation for the organizers has the potential to go a long way, so that they have some additional payoff for continuing to deal with the tedious logistics.
Plus, karma stands for a thousand different things already. Adding one more meaning to the list doesn’t make much of a difference with such a conflated concept.
No no no—don’t give me karma for a meetup post! I want my karma to mean more than that :)
It’s karma for organising and posting. That is, the people voting up are saying “more like this, please!” The system is working fine ;-)
I think your modesty is unwarranted. :-)
Meetups have the potential to lead to a lot of updating, positive feedback loops, and other real benefits for the attendees. I suspect that very few comments on this site, even the higher rated ones, can match them in that regard.
A little positive feedback and appreciation for the organizers has the potential to go a long way, so that they have some additional payoff for continuing to deal with the tedious logistics.
Plus, karma stands for a thousand different things already. Adding one more meaning to the list doesn’t make much of a difference with such a conflated concept.
Voted down to cancel out some of the unwanted karma.
:P
Nerdy groups tend to value nothing but intelligence.