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Deleted my 12 year old, 43334 Karma, reddit account
(kbin.social)
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On the other hand, it makes the site as a whole shittier, because people become obsessed with making their number bigger, and a huge amount of activity is done purely with that goal in mind.
Well, I only claim to speak for how I view it -- why people care about it (which was the question). Not some guess at how it affects the site overall.