[Matthew]

Karma is how the members of the forum feel about your posts in general. You can add or take away from someone's karma points by clicking [ applaud ] or [ smite ] in each post. You can find [ applaud ] and [ smite ] on the left side of each individual post.

The titles and stars are based on how many posts you have or other special grouping. Right now there is only 2 special groups. Administrator (myself) and Moderator (hatethecommute). All other forum members are in a point based group. As you make more posts you automatically move up to the next group. Here is how the groups are set up right now.

Newbie - 0 to 49 posts
Jr. Member - 50 to 99 posts
Full Member - 100 to 249 posts
Sr. Member - 250 to 499 posts
Hero Member - 500+ posts