I kinda of liked the karma system but I can see where you could run into problems with it. It was kinda of nice to read a report that you could see someone put a lot of work into, or posted a picture that was particularly nice, or did some volunteer work that you felt strongly about, or volunteered some information which helped someone out, or someone just posted a particularly funny reply. I found it refreshing to be able to give them a heads up by just hitting the karma button.
And as far as removing Karma points the only time I'd consider that would be if someone made a childish or inappropriate remark about someone else on the board. But I wouldn't deduct karma points if someone just disagreed with my point of view.
Just my feelings,
Pete
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