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Originally Posted by ApK
This is wrong. Having Karma means people gave you Karma. Beyond that, like any contrived currency system, it means whatever you make of it.
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I agree with this. A $100 bill, or GBP50, or Euros, or whatever is really just a piece of paper.
It's value is simply what has been agreed upon as what this bill 'represents', i.e. this bill can purchase X amount of goods.
So if we prescribe some value to Karma -- as a gauge for the standing of a particular poster, for instance -- it thereby becomes valuable.