Likes/ followers/ views/ karma points - all these counters make us users anxious even if we don't have some serious (a.k.a money) business to do with our online

Likes/ followers/ views/ karma points - all these counters make us users anxious even if we don't have some serious (a.k.a money) business to do with our online presence. I doubt if we will ever get used to it and I doubt whether the broad availibility of these counters/ analytics services is worthy. The context, the knowledge we get, the contributions we make should be the point, IMO. Getting down to your question, you need to be informed (a.k.a. confident) or curious about the topic of the thread you're contributing to get karma points, I guess.