How do members earn karma?
(updated 1 august 2002) a. New members start out with a karma of 1 for registering with Plastic. Thereafter, members primarily earn karma by posting comments which are moderated up by other members (that is, for comments with a score of 1.5 or higher); by submitting writeups for discussions that are accepted for publication; and, once you have the ability to vote in the submission queue, by making suggestions and corrections which prove helpful in preparing writeups for publication. Karma is also awarded for standout comments which are excerpted in the “About Plastic” box on the front page; and for helping improve Plastic – such as writing questions with answers for inclusion in this FAQ. Reading stories Story summaries on Plastic’s home page and Section pages are designed to be short, catchy, and to the point. In many cases, though, there’s more to read than we can fit on our main pages. And there’s always more to say. The “Read comments” link sends you to the unique page for each sto
