I have been planning to get rid of karma points for a long time, wanting to replace it with something better, something more relevant, something that is not just about rewarding making many posts but about rewarding good posts. Post that are appreciated (depending on the sub-forum, topic, upvotes etc) or that add value to Pinside.

I am soon hoping to start a topic on this to to see if the community can together come up with an idea that would be a good replacement for karma.

To avoid replacing one system with another and to have some time between two systems I figured now was a good time to remove Karma points from forum post user profile boxes.

I hope that answers your question. Stay tuned for more on this soon.