"Karma" is a feature that lets you compliment or criticize another member's post. A member's overall Karma rating can be an indicator of that person's popularity; someone with a high Karma is well-liked, and a person with very low Karma has really pissed people off. (Zero simply means no one has "applauded" or "smited" your posts so far.)
![Tongue :P](https://threestooges.net/forums/Smileys/default/tongue.gif)
There are links, labeled "applaud" and "smite", below the poster's name to the left of every message. If you click on one of them who will see a page where you have to enter a brief reason about
why you are changing that member's Karma. (The Administrators and the person whos Karma you are changing can see a log about the changes.)
So if someone says something in a post that you really like, "applaud" him and let him know, and if he says saying that eally cheeses you, give him a "smite" and let him know that, too!
Either
![Thumbs Up [thumbsup]](https://threestooges.net/forums/Smileys/default/thumbsup.gif)
or
![Thumbs Down [thumbsdown]](https://threestooges.net/forums/Smileys/default/thumbsdown.gif)