I check karma mainly as an indication that my comments / submissions have been read by somebody. Sometimes I put lots of work into writing a thoughtful / helpfu

I check karma mainly as an indication that my comments / submissions have been read by somebody. Sometimes I put lots of work into writing a thoughtful / helpful comment, and if it stays at 1 karma, I feel a bit disappointed that maybe it wasn't read by anybody. But I don't care about the karma total.