LGF: Now with Instant Karma Checking

Sci/Tech | Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 11:32:04 am PST

If you’re registered and logged in to your account, you can click the icon next to the username in comments to show that commenter’s profile. Now included in the profile information is the “karma,” the sum total of all the “up” ratings Username X received, minus the “down” ratings Username X received.

This is similar to a feature originated by sites like SlashDot, purportedly another tool to help the community moderate itself. We shall see.