> What's the benefit of karma? Probable answer: so a venture capitalist firm that runs this place can: 1. Get a feel of what's coming 'in' and climbing in pop

> What's the benefit of karma? Probable answer: so a venture capitalist firm that runs this place can: 1. Get a feel of what's coming 'in' and climbing in popularity. 2. To control the narrative by upvoting and/or downvoting submitters to control where the news goes. Transparency would indeed solve this. But it would also end those asymmetric benefits of controlling your own news agency/site.