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Originally Posted by DoesWhat

I'm not sure I fully understand the way in which the Pligg Karma system works. Why does it have to be updated in a batch process, why not dynamically? When a user submits they get 'x' karma points, when they comment they get 'x' karma points... etc. Would that not be simpler?

Because it's not static. If users X Submits Y and users Q,Z, and W down vote it, the score needs to be updated.. Welcome to web 2.0

[dollars5]

The reason that it was taken off the default process is to reduce the number of queries that pligg takes for each action - and to enable users to make use only if needed via cron.

[Bargainhunter]

Can someone detail how to set karma up as a cron job? Ie, step by step instructions please?

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Originally Posted by Bargainhunter

Can someone detail how to set karma up as a cron job? Ie, step by step instructions please?

Some hosts are different but here is an example that would run it every 4 hours 15 minutes.

*/15 */4 * * * /home/www/MYSITE.com/karma.php