Right, so it wasn't a bug after all but intentional, and done without community consensus or even debate :-(

While I don't see karma as very useful, as long as it's there having such a low value for bugzilla activity (does this look right to anyone?) sends completely the wrong message.

To everyone who filed bug reports and especially what's left of the bugsquad: please don't be discouraged, your contributions are valued regardless of what some pointless vanity number in your profile page says.