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Reputation points (on which karma is based) is a common means to encourage users to contribute in online communities, such as web forums. Usually, the more points you earn, the more privileges you will have. Like many other people, I pursued these points in early years to win virtual awards / badges. The Stanford prison experiment Eventually I gave up the pursuit after reading about the Stanford prison experiment, because I observed something similar in people who have (extremely) high reputatio...