A reminder of guideline #2 on our hard-won community guidelines.

"So what exactly makes a spot sensitive - douchey fellow posters who want to continue belie ..."

"Yes, define secret spot. If said spot happens to be next to a world famous bridge, it c ..."

"Ignore the word "secret." Use the word "sensitive" as in "people get really sensitive abou ..."

"Tracey, +1. And, while we're at it, can we stop trying to trick the auto-censor w/cutes ..."

"I have mixed feelings about the whole thing, and can empathize with a variety of viewpoint ..."

I've been getting a few questions about how Karma works recently. Here is the FAQ for your enjoyment.

"And of course, you lose lots of Karma simply by not participating. Which is sad!!! Once u ..."

"@Dingo. Good point. Good activity is forgotten eventually, so your karma will typically dr ..."

"It's almost like a credit score, no? Credit report=karma score :)"

Stokies, there has been a new trend of knee-jerk voting down of content on the site, for apparently no good reason. I've heard the perpetrators described as negative ninnies by some.

"Trollers"

"Could be the "Imp of the Perverse" at play. Hiding beneath the cloak of anonymity it flour ..."

"The voting system is deeply flawed. There are groups of people on here who congratulate ea ..."

"It might be flawed, but it's also fundamental to the way the site works. Voting determines ..."

"I'm a bit unclear on the accountability part...accountable to who, or what? I assume peopl ..."

Had to snigger while reading CDIP's posting for their "SR DEV ENGR SUPERVISOR"

Quite the list of skills required :) Do you have what it takes?

"sounds like a job for @unfocused. "

"That's a fuckin cool job. "

"Purple squirrels are only searched for when the hiring manager writes it, and then has so ..."

"Good one, Turd ;) Patience and delivery were everything on that one. Kudos man Su ..."

"So when do you surf?"

The CDIP 142 buoy that we use for all the front page graphs and data has drifted offsite. Hopefully we'll see the data again soon.

"betcha location turtle towed it away."

"I bet the bolinas locals stole it like they do there signs"

"saw a guy on a funboard grasping onto what i thought was a crabtrap to avoid the current. ..."

"What the hell are those ropes attached to buoys that have been out at OB in the m i d d l ..."

"No idea what the buoys were originally intended for or who placed them but I like having s ..."

Folks, I made some changes to the Karma system to be a bit fairer with the distribution of the love. I've also created a new rule that you need at least 20 karma points to vote.

This means that new users need to do some good stuff before they can vote.

A few people pointed out that a recent report containing pictures was in violation of the community standards defined a couple of years ago: http://stokereport.com/content/what-are-community-standards-follow-stoke...

"Every time I'm censored on Stoke Report, I feel EXACTLY like Rosa Parks."

"Is that spot really "secret" anymore? Come on, people. This sight is a constant cycle of o ..."

"It's not about secret vs not. It's about it being a big controversy and leading to huge fl ..."

"OK, but I explicitly did not provide any imagery or text to indicate the location, no hint ..."

"I for one am a big fan of distigushing surf spots as "OB" and "NOT OB". I can hear it alr ..."