I'm not really sold on this idea, and if it ends up getting implemented, it should definitely be on a per-repo basis. I might very well turn something like thi

I'm not really sold on this idea, and if it ends up getting implemented, it should definitely be on a per-repo basis. I might very well turn something like this off, so the "karma" should only exist within the sphere of a repo or (forked) project. This would just lead to a StackExchange-like gamification of the whole system.