I don't even see the point of karma. It's like fake internet points that mean noting. I have a karma of 583 on HN. What does that mean exactly? What can I do wi

I don't even see the point of karma. It's like fake internet points that mean noting. I have a karma of 583 on HN. What does that mean exactly? What can I do with 583 that I couldn't do before? To me, it's just a pointless scoreboard for how popular my opinions are. It gives me incentive to post a karma-baiting comment once in a while, so I get a burst of dopamine whenever the number jumps by 10 or more. But back to my main point: When everything is majority rules, with no checks and balances, society collapses into mob rule. Why would it be any different with upvote/downvote? We're not going to solve this by asking users to think before they click downvote. We should consider removing the upvote/downvote altogether.