Forget ego... I think most of us in this discussion are looking at karma for practical use, aren't we? That gets to the point about sponsorships and other rewards. THAT is the purpose I'm talking about.

And to that point, do we really need to abstract-cum-harmonize various contribution types, as we do now, OR is it ok to just let every activity have its own idependent rating system?

I ask that, again, because it's related to how Maemo wants to utilize it. Again: would they prefer to pull specific numbers of rewardees from various pools (developer/tester/talker/etc) OR to aggregate us and risk being top-heavy with some types and short on others?

Sorry if I failed to make that clear several posts back... but I think Maemo's needs/motives are paramount to know before we go further, especially with redesign talk...