[flyhighplato]

Kinda. I think putting a poll should involve spending some karma points.

If a poll cost 50-100 karma points to create, anyone who posts a poll would make sure they were interesting.

[randrews]

You're not spending 50 karma, you're investing it. If your poll gets 51 upvotes, it was worth it.

[aston]

That's actually not quite true. Over some limit (maybe around 20), upvotes stop counting directly to karma.

[mdemare]

Also, it would be fun if karma were actually good for something.