[mjjjjjjj]

This is pure hypothetical, but I bet Reddit could derive an internal reputational number that is a combination of both karma (free and potentially farmable) and awards (that people actually pay for or that are scarce and shows what they value) that would be a better signal to noise ratio than just karma alone.

[pixl97]

So a wealthy bot farmer rules this system?

[duckmysick]

It could work like Google search where link farms have less weight than higher quality pages. Yes, you can still game it yet it will be harder to do so.