[xkjyeah]

/++ are spontaneous. Any time your colleague makes a great presentation, does you a favour, you /++ them.

If there are regular weekly kudos, it'd be a team-specific thing.

/++ were really common before a couple of years ago, but I get the vague feeling it's usage is declining. It used to report the accumulated number of pluses you got... So you could tell who have been the really helpful folks (or really tenured folks) out there, and for great contributions, you'd really want to chime in to a wave of ++s to show your appreciation.

Without the numbers, usage seems to have declined a bit, since there isn't the satisfaction of seeing a colleague's karma go up by, say, 10pts after a great presentation.

Still, it's a great culture tool, and something I'd want to spread at my next employer's if I leave the company.

[eweise]

All these company games just seem like a way to get people to do more work. In addition to doing your regular work, you now have pressure to score really high cudo points on your presentation. Can't just throw together some bullet points. Will need to work the weekend coming up with some awesome graphics.

[deelly]

So, cynic inside me thinking this is just another metric to game in office games..