I am all up for social cohesion but this isn't the way.
A social experiment of sorts.
Perhaps the results will not be as you expected, that is unless you (or whoever decided to implement it) intend on seeing the reality of when people see this and just want to give someone a minus point.
You're in essence asking the community to go around and continue to judge each other...
Can not agree more with
Yeah let's add some more fuel to the already big fire!
But yea, now we will all work to collectively go on team-speak servers and talk shit about people, convalesce but in the meantime encourage down voting of others and up voting of our own, simply to fulfill ego and to delve into those psycho thoughts and generally because we don't like a persons personality rather than what we think of their contributions so and so forth.
If the aim of the social experiment is to see the resurgence of egotism and elitism then sure continue with it...
If this is about democracy or votes of confidence then a simple poll should be made with "I am confident" "I am not confident" in $subject. This Karma thing is shitty... If we all want to go talk about how nice we think these people are we can go on a gay porn site, if we want to talk how bad things are, we can look at President Trump as a candidate for the US Presidential elections.
Also as I can see I currently have -11 reputation points I don't mind as I know that the reputation matters not. Argonath RPG is supposed to be a community of no egoism, free from the old ideals of the community (AB?) that caused the starting of Argonath.
I think the best sort of democratic act we should have is a vote of no confidence in whoever put this feature up. (in before I get removed / banned for mentioning such a notion and the Veto holder has to come to say "stop witch-hunting him")
I mean guys, lets all be introverts and the like, be negative. Vote people down. totally the way of life huh :-D Find something to discredit someone and then do this and that instead of being appreciative, positive and willing to share our opinions without fear of oppression etc.