I agree wholeheartedly with your last sentence. After stoping to care for downvotes and upvotes, I started to see my karma as a _wallet_, with it I could _spen

I agree wholeheartedly with your last sentence. After stoping to care for downvotes and upvotes, I started to see my karma as a _wallet_, with it I could _spend_ points in irrelevant comments, bad jokes, etc., but not carelessly, just enough to have a good laugh without compromise or worry. Positive points in my _wallet_ means I'm still contributing positively to this community, just that.