Those of you who were around on the old Board, should be familiar with the concept of karma. Positive karma is a way of "patting someone on the back", saying "good job" or even "I agree with you" (It is similar to the concept of the "Like" button on Facebook). Negative karma is a way of "booing" someone or saying, "I so don't agree with you". Also, you can hand out positive karma as a random act of kindness towards someone.

Be careful handing out negative karma. If someone acquires 999 negative karma points, they are automatically banned. Sorry, Jim, there is no way to shut off that feature.
With the new Board, comes a new way of handing out karma. You can give someone karma in 2 different ways....
To give a specific post karma - right hand side of the post, under the avatar
To give a person karma - in the person's profile
With either of these options, once you click the + or - button, you will be taken to this page