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Brycen
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How does Karma work on Career Village?
DISCLAIMER: This is not a professional question. Unless you want to fuel the childish desires of a high school sophomore, don't waste your time answering this question. (My teacher said our CareerVillage questions have to be professional, and as this is not, I'm adding this disclaimer.)
I'm a high school sophomore who has declared informal war on my best friend to get the most Karma. He has over double my Karma, and we've been on CareerVillage for the same time. How can I increase my Karma?
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Jared Chung
CareerVillage.org TeamExecutive Director at CareerVillage.org
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Jared’s Answer, CareerVillage.org Team
There are a few ways to get points, but 99.9% of the time the way you get more points is by having your posts get upvoted by other users. Each upvote you receive awards you 10 points. This applies to questions and answers, but not to comments. Pros have a few other ways to get points, and some things will reduce your points total. So... for you as a student, the best option you have to acquire more points is pretty much to try to post questions that you think other students will want to upvote, or which Professionals will want to answer.
Disclaimer: I'm being a little vague on some of the details, and leaving out some details, because it almost certainly doesn't apply to your situation. But I think the main message is sound.
Source: I'm the Executive Director of CareerVillage.org, so I have access to view the points settings.
Disclaimer: I'm being a little vague on some of the details, and leaving out some details, because it almost certainly doesn't apply to your situation. But I think the main message is sound.
Source: I'm the Executive Director of CareerVillage.org, so I have access to view the points settings.
You rock! This advice is very helpful.
david kirk
Retired Computing Manager
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david’s Answer
Hi, Brycen,
Okay, I'm willing to waste some time in fueling your desires. Karma is the totality of your actions and conduct. Now, I have no insight on the mechanics of how Career Village awards points, but my guess is that it ties to how many responses a question gets. You can test this by looking at the answers your friend received for his questions. Evaluate if your questions are narrow or broad. If narrow, only a few people will feel qualified to respond and their advice will be of interest to few students. If broad, more people may feel qualified to respond, and that will interest more students to read them. Okay, just my guess. I respect that you're interested in this, and I also infer that your real intent is to increase the benefits you receive from Career Village. For your next question, I suggest broadening the scope of the question. Good luck to you.
Okay, I'm willing to waste some time in fueling your desires. Karma is the totality of your actions and conduct. Now, I have no insight on the mechanics of how Career Village awards points, but my guess is that it ties to how many responses a question gets. You can test this by looking at the answers your friend received for his questions. Evaluate if your questions are narrow or broad. If narrow, only a few people will feel qualified to respond and their advice will be of interest to few students. If broad, more people may feel qualified to respond, and that will interest more students to read them. Okay, just my guess. I respect that you're interested in this, and I also infer that your real intent is to increase the benefits you receive from Career Village. For your next question, I suggest broadening the scope of the question. Good luck to you.
James Constantine Frangos
Consultant Dietitian & Software Developer since 1972 => Nutrition Education => Health & Longevity => Self-Actualization.
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James Constantine’s Answer
Hi Brycen!
The old people I knew 50 years ago used to say things like "well what's a good of ya if ya do not help people!"
I'm in a position to share some insights about Career Village. It demands a strong commitment to respond to the multitude of inquiries! I have seen this level of devotion in PhD. students of biochemistry and medicine. I used to tutor second year medicine the subject of biochemistry.
It's not just about the number of replies to questions, but also the depth and value of those responses, which come from more than fifty years of learning and professional experience. This is crucial, especially when some of the students on Career Village pose questions that exceed 1,000 words.
To get Karma you need to work hard for a long time!
I am approaching 4,000,000 reads, my Karma is only 3,600 due to my late commencement in October 2023. I have counseled over 5,900 children and young adults. I sometimes have two subsections in my response saying this is my response and this is the response of AI artificial intelligence. Some questions cannot be answered with artificial intelligence because they are either too subjective, or depend upon personal preferences.
In these scenarios I usually cite personal experience. I am a dietitian and I have written software for nutrition education. The reason is I want to combat diseases. All the Greek male relatives in my family have died young. This has emotionally affected me and motivated me to help sick people on YouTube Studio.
Take care!
JC.
The old people I knew 50 years ago used to say things like "well what's a good of ya if ya do not help people!"
I'm in a position to share some insights about Career Village. It demands a strong commitment to respond to the multitude of inquiries! I have seen this level of devotion in PhD. students of biochemistry and medicine. I used to tutor second year medicine the subject of biochemistry.
It's not just about the number of replies to questions, but also the depth and value of those responses, which come from more than fifty years of learning and professional experience. This is crucial, especially when some of the students on Career Village pose questions that exceed 1,000 words.
To get Karma you need to work hard for a long time!
I am approaching 4,000,000 reads, my Karma is only 3,600 due to my late commencement in October 2023. I have counseled over 5,900 children and young adults. I sometimes have two subsections in my response saying this is my response and this is the response of AI artificial intelligence. Some questions cannot be answered with artificial intelligence because they are either too subjective, or depend upon personal preferences.
In these scenarios I usually cite personal experience. I am a dietitian and I have written software for nutrition education. The reason is I want to combat diseases. All the Greek male relatives in my family have died young. This has emotionally affected me and motivated me to help sick people on YouTube Studio.
Take care!
JC.