The only reason to do this, as far as I can tell, is to allow the transfer of karma between accounts. That means karma is effectively for sale, and all the sha

The only reason to do this, as far as I can tell, is to allow the transfer of karma between accounts. That means karma is effectively for sale, and all the shady karma-farming on reddit will be significantly worse. I honestly can't think of a worse idea for user engagement, but maybe they won't make karma transferrable and this is just PR.