[hddherman]

The karma farming point reminds me of Steemit: https://steemit.com/

I visited this a couple of years ago to see what all the fuss was about, and what I saw were many people from mostly developing countries posting very low quality comments and content, all in the hope that it would bring them money. Once you change incentives like that, you don't need to worry about posting quality content, you're only focused on content that brings in money.

Of course, quality is subjective, and you could say something similar about some of the popular YouTubers, but there at least some resemblance of effort is needed to produce content and have a consistent viewership. For Steemit, it seemed doomed right from the beginning.

[ThePadawan]

The way you describe Steemit reminds me 100% of Quora.