1/ The point of the karma system, as far as a user is concerned, is to increase one's karma number. 2/ External values such as "democratic" likely oppose the a

1/ The point of the karma system, as far as a user is concerned, is to increase one's karma number. 2/ External values such as "democratic" likely oppose the actual objectives of HN. 3/ Within HN culture, there is an element of gate-keeping.