a status symbol now makes "good karma" more shiny. people will try to attain it. this makes sense, otherwise why would pg add this feature, if not to promote go

a status symbol now makes "good karma" more shiny. people will try to attain it. this makes sense, otherwise why would pg add this feature, if not to promote good commenting. the poster's point is that people are trying to attain shiny; will the culture actually become nicer and more thoughtful?