<First off, don't be intimidated by our size! Everyone here is very friendly, and we welcome new members with open arms. Anyway, insanity level is based on your posts. The more posts you make in a given time span, the more the meter rises, but if you go a long time without posting it goes down again. Heh, it's just kind of a given that the more you post here the more insane you will become.>
<As for Karma, I believe there is a certain minimum number of posts you must write before you can applaud/smite someone. The options "Applaud" and "Smite" should be right under your Karma score otherwise, and you applaud someone to raise their Karma and smite them to lower it. You may applaud/smite 24 times per day.>