Karma is a measure of a member's reputation on Midwest Nudists as decided by other members and by staff. It is displayed on member profiles and forum posts under the avatar as a bar. Members who are on probation will not be able to see the karma / bar of others while on probation.

• The bar will contain a series of colors... either red, yellow, or green, representative of the member's karma.
• The bar will reach full capacity once a member's karma (either good or bad, whichever is higher) is 1,000 or more.
• Green is good. The more green a member has in their karma bar, generally the more reputable and established they are in the community.
• Red is bad. Any members with red in their bar are to be approached with caution as they generally have poor reputation. The more red they have, the worse their reputation.
• Yellow is neutral. It shows how much of the opposing karma a member has relative to the green / red that is displayed.
  • If a member has green, then yellow is bad (but not as bad as red); the more yellow they have, the closer their bad karma amount is to their good karma.
  • If a member has red, then yellow is good (but not as good as green); the more yellow they have, then the closer their good karma amount is to their bad karma.
  • If a member has nothing but yellow, then their good and bad karma amounts are equal or almost equal.
  • For simplicity, just know that the more yellow a member has, the more neutral their reputation.

You can view a member's good and bad karma values by hovering over or tapping the karma bar.

Good karma is earned in the following ways:

• Getting content awarded (featured) by staff
• Receiving 4 or 5 star ratings on content from others
• Being sent points from other members
• Being sent virtual gifts from other members
• Purchasing things to financially support the upkeep of Midwest Nudists
• Voting on polls

Bad karma is earned in the following ways:

• Receiving warnings / disciplinary action for violating the Terms and Conditions (a significant amount of bad karma can be earned for this)
• Receiving 1 or 2 star ratings on content

Karmic influence is how much a member can impact the karma of other members from giving ratings, sending points, or sending virtual gifts. The karmic influence of a member is not visible anywhere. The following criteria determine a member's karmic influence:

• The higher a member's total karma (good - bad karma), the higher their influence. This has the strongest effect.
• The more life-time points a member ever earned, the higher their influence. This has less of an impact than karma.
• Staff receive a small amount of additional influence.
• Influence is deducted for every formal warning a member earned in the last 90 days.

Please be honest when performing any actions which will affect your or another member's karma:

• When rating content, rate based on the quality of the content published: 5 = exceptional, 4 = good, 3 = average, 2 = poor, 1 = completely useless.
• Only send points to other members if they did something recently that made a positive impact for you.
• Only send virtual gifts to other members if you appreciate them or if they make a positive impact for you.
• Be honest when voting on polls.

Abuse of the karma system is a violation of the Community Guidelines / Terms and Conditions and may warrant a warning / disciplinary action. Staff randomly monitor the use of karma for potential abuse.